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Re: Routine extreme altissimo SOLVED?!

Author: fskelley  Date:   2014-04-21 06:05 And yesterday I finally got some real beeswax. (eBay seller, 99 cents per stick plus $1.59 shipping- I bought 2 sticks- looks like even 1 would be a 20 yr supply.) I am not happy with my application process so far, rubbing on the back of the entire reed. It's sticky and tends to clump in places, hard to smooth out, and hard not to damage tip of reed (most important location maybe). And since I've applied all the way to the bottom of the reed, now they're sticking to the mouthpiece. Probably I'm using way more than needed, over time I will work my way down to the minimum zone and thickness to get the job done, and how often it must be reapplied. I also think it would be easier if applied warm or hot, details to be determined. However... the change was immediate. I'm still working with my Vandoren blue 2.5's (nothing yet is any better- Gonzalez GD coming later). With the beeswax, any reed that starts off playing B6-C7 without a fight- keeps playing them indefinitely, with little or no degradation. No more tip squeezing required. 2 days now, 5 or 6 different reeds have shifted how they behave. Yet another incremental but important improvement. Thank you, Tony F!!! Stan in Orlando EWI 4000S with modifications Post Edited (2014-04-21 06:23)

Topics	Author	Date
Routine extreme altissimo OK  new	fskelley	2014-02-06 07:09
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	ned	2014-02-06 02:24
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	fskelley	2014-02-06 02:45
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	fskelley	2014-09-22 07:48
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	gsurosey	2014-02-06 07:35
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?	gkern	2014-02-06 10:19
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	fskelley	2014-02-06 13:51
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	Clarimeister	2014-02-06 10:51
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	fskelley	2014-02-06 19:08
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	gkern	2014-02-06 19:59
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	fskelley	2014-02-06 20:44
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	MarlboroughMan	2014-02-06 20:55
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	fskelley	2014-02-06 21:33
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	seabreeze	2014-02-06 19:00
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	fskelley	2014-02-07 00:36
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	fskelley	2014-02-10 09:49
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	MarlboroughMan	2014-02-07 01:37
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	fskelley	2014-02-06 18:47
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	gkern	2014-02-06 23:54
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	MarlboroughMan	2014-02-07 01:34
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	William	2014-02-07 00:01
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	fskelley	2014-02-07 00:42
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	kilo	2014-02-07 05:46
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	fskelley	2014-02-07 01:19
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	fskelley	2014-02-13 18:29
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	sfalexi	2014-02-07 06:18
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	seabreeze	2014-02-07 11:29
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	fskelley	2014-02-07 14:38
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	BflatNH	2014-02-07 15:11
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	fskelley	2014-02-07 19:58
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	BflatNH	2014-02-07 10:15
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	MarlboroughMan	2014-02-07 17:19
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	MarlboroughMan	2014-02-07 17:25
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	fskelley	2014-02-07 15:11
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	MarlboroughMan	2014-02-07 15:52
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	fskelley	2014-02-07 21:16
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	sfalexi	2014-02-07 16:27
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	ThatPerfectReed	2014-02-07 19:04
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	fskelley	2014-02-07 15:18
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	BflatNH	2014-02-07 20:07
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	ThatPerfectReed	2014-02-08 00:53
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	Ed Lowry	2014-02-10 23:57
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	fskelley	2014-02-11 01:06
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	MarlboroughMan	2014-02-10 20:21
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	seabreeze	2014-02-10 21:01
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	MarlboroughMan	2014-02-11 03:05
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	Wes	2014-02-10 22:42
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	seabreeze	2014-02-11 04:14
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	fskelley	2014-02-11 04:54
Video example of reed change  new	fskelley	2014-02-12 10:30
Re: Routine extreme altissimo?  new	fskelley	2014-02-19 04:50
Re: Routine extreme altissimo SOLVED?!  new	Tony F	2014-02-19 02:15
Re: Routine extreme altissimo SOLVED?!  new	fskelley	2014-02-19 12:09
Re: Routine extreme altissimo SOLVED?!	fskelley	2014-04-21 06:05
Re: Routine extreme altissimo SOLVED?!  new	fskelley	2014-03-02 08:21
Re: Routine extreme altissimo SOLVED?!  new	fskelley	2014-03-02 08:23
Re: Routine extreme altissimo SOLVED?!  new	Tony F	2014-03-02 09:15
Re: Routine extreme altissimo SOLVED?!  new	DavidBlumberg	2014-03-02 14:48
Re: Routine extreme altissimo SOLVED?!  new	fskelley	2014-03-03 05:24
Re: Routine extreme altissimo SOLVED?!  new	clarinetist04	2014-03-03 06:24
Re: Routine extreme altissimo SOLVED?!  new	fskelley	2014-03-09 07:05
Re: Routine extreme altissimo OK  new	locke9342	2014-09-22 08:29
Re: Routine extreme altissimo OK  new	maxopf	2014-09-22 08:43
Re: Routine extreme altissimo OK  new	fskelley	2014-09-22 09:28
Re: Routine extreme altissimo OK  new	Ken Shaw	2014-09-22 17:06
Re: Routine extreme altissimo OK  new	Philip Caron	2014-09-23 03:36

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