[Dixielandjazz] Re: Clarinet reeds & Fazola

[Goggin, Brian (Dublin)]

One more story as regards reeds/hygiene.

Garvin Bushell worked with Otto "Toby" Hardwick in Elmer Snowden's band
about 1930. He said he saw him change a reed one night and it looked like
there were worms hanging out of his mouthpiece! He said he just stuck it
back in and never sounded better!


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Patrick Cooke [SMTP:patcooke at cox.net]
> Sent:	Tuesday, January 21, 2003 9:05 PM
> To:	Russ Guarino; BSimp57584 at aol.com
> Cc:	dwlit at cpcug.org; dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> Subject:	Re: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Clarinet reeds & Fazola
> 
> >> Most clarinet players I know do not
> wash their reeds and must change them about every week or so.<<
> 
>      When Fazola got the right reed on his clarinet, it stayed on for a
> long
> time.  If he washed them, he didn't get them very clean.....I don't
> remember
> ever seeing a reed on his horn that wasn't black.  I was with him for a
> year
> and a half.
> 
>   Pat Cooke
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Russ Guarino" <russg at redshift.com>
> To: <BSimp57584 at aol.com>
> Cc: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>; <dwlit at cpcug.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 12:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Clarinet reeds
> 
> 
> > Every reed player has his own preferences.  I use standard Rico reeds,
> about 2
> > 1/5, and alter them with steel wool or trim them if they are to soft.
> After
> > tying other mouthpieces, I have stayed with the Selmer HS two star.
> >
> > I think every reed player goes through Hell at some point finding the
> right
> > reeds. And he has to do it himself because of uniqueness of his
> mouthpiece,
> > embouchure, etc.              [ Example, Steve Barbone uses a Vandoren
> 5JB
> > mouthpiece and a # 5 reed if memory serves.  I forget what brand of
> reed.
> For
> > me, that set up is like a turbo charged race car and more than I can
> handle].
> >
> > Once I select about 6 -8 reeds, I keep them forever.  The Rovner
> ligature
> > instruction paper says to wash the reeds frequently, like after every
> use.
> I
> > wash my clarinet reeds when they seem to go "dead", about once a week,
> and
> > indeed, they come back to life.  Consequently they last me for years. [
> I
> use
> > warm water, dial liquid soap - no hand cream content - and a clean tooth
> brush
> > moving from butt to tip so as to not damage the tip edge. ( Warning,
> don't
> use
> > hot water ). After pat dry on a clean cloth [ I use a cotton diaper]  I
> put the
> > reed in a plastic reed holder and let dry over night ]. The idea is that
> the
> > proteins, starches, bacteria, fungus, etc. that collect on the reed
> alter
> its
> > performance.  I have found this to be true.  Most clarinet players I
> know
> do not
> > wash their reeds and must change them about every week or so.
> >
> > I hope this helps.
> >
> > Russ Guarino
> >
> > BSimp57584 at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > Hey gang, my reed player, an excellent professional, is having a
> problem
> > > finding good reeds. Seems his regular source has dried up. Where do
> you
> guys
> > > get them? A bit of help, please.  Thanks.      bob simpson, piano
> player
> > > after a fashion
> > >
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