Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2022-05-03 23:45
Dan Shusta wrote:
> I have a question that I would like to pose to everyone. When a
> player adjusts a cane reed alone using one of the various
> devices on the market, due to varying cane densities that could
> possibly exist as part of the reed structure coupled with
> possible slight variations in facing abnormalities, is the reed
> truly optimized? I suspect not because I believe the cane reed
> optimization has to be done while attached to the mouthpiece to
> encompass all of the possible abnormalities in the reed, the
> mouthpiece facing, and even, possibly, the type of ligature
> that is used. Actually, I believe that the attached cane reed
> is really being optimized to the entire clarinet.
>
> What do you think?
>
Dan, I don't think I understand what you're asking or what you're rejecting ("I suspect not..."). To begin with, there are players who scrape their reeds to adjust balance without taking the reed off the mouthpiece. This is very possible with either a knife or a reed geek. I don't think it's practical to do it with even a narrow swatch of sandpaper, but it may be possible. The only tool I don't think I could do on-the-mouthpiece adjustment with is rush.
IMO you are certainly optimizing the reed to the entire clarinet - the reed is only a part of the overall system. Even if you do reed adjustments by selectively removing cane with the reed on a separate flat surface, you're still trying to optimize the reed *to the mouthpiece and instrument in a specific acoustic environment.* When you put the reed back on the mouthpiece and affix the ligature to hold it, you want the entre clarinet (system) to sound optimal. Or do you have something else in mind?
Karl
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