Author: RKing
Date: 2021-09-20 19:41
Folks,
I now have to start all over again. :-( I finished seven weeks of chemo and radiation treatments for cancer in January (Head and Neck Cancer). The radiation thinned my hair and wiped out my beard as well as knocking out my senses of smell and taste. It also knocked out my saliva glands, so I basically had to start all over with learning how to eat solid food - the feeding tube into my stomach wasn't removed until late April.
I had a lot of trouble when I wanted to start playing music again in April. I could not wet any reeds, so I dunked them in a glass of water and played them until they dried out, usually in just a few minutes. Of course, my embouchure was a mess and I had zero endurance or lung power, so a few minutes was usually enough for starters.
Then I started investigating synthetic reeds and discovered that Fibracell reeds worked okay for me. Anyway, I am now doing very well with #2-1/2 and #3 Fibracell reeds on my M30 mouthpiece. And I just started rehearsing with our community band - clarinet 3 of course. :-)
I was wondering if the folks who are familiar with Fibracell reeds could give me some guidance. How long do these reeds normally hold up? Do you rotate these reeds like regular cane reeds? Do you normally run stronger reeds than cane, or weaker?
Any and all help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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