Doublereed Archive - Posting 000060.txt from 2008/05

From: "Brian [Charles Double Reed Co]" <brian@-----.com>
Subj: [DR-L] Fibre Reed review
Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 15:46:10 -0400

Sameer,

Flattery will get you everywhere ;)

BTW, you took my comment about a daughter playing on plastic reeds a little
out of context. And I have a son, not a daughter. But anyway . . .

I think these plastic (and all the plastic reeds I've ever tried) are
suitable for certain situations only, and even in those situations only for
use by people who can make their peace with them:
* pit doublers who absolutely cannot warm up a reed
* outdoor players who can't be heard anyway
* kids who tend to tangle the reed in their hair
* a small number of folks who honestly and truly enjoy these reeds (in their
humble opinion) and re-order them on a consistent basis.

An experienced player with expectations of any sort will be rudely surprised
by what plastic reeds provide. The old fibrous style material that is no
longer available was pretty cool, because it had some feel of vibration in
the mouth, whereas these plastics are dense and unyielding. I wish there was
better - I would carry them.

In closing - my guarantee stands Sameer - send the reeds back! I'll refund
you for them - happily. No one should be stuck with reeds, or any other
stuff they don't like.

All the best,

Brian Charles

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sameer Al-Abdullah" <simsim29@-----.com>
To: <doublereed@-----.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 2:42 PM
Subject: [DR-L] Fibre Reed review

> Hi everyone,
>
> As promised, I just received the fibre reed from Charles Double Reed
> and I gave it a go and this is what I think of it:
>
> - The reed SUCKS big time!! (IMHO)
>
> Anyone has any questions just shoot away and i'm more than willing to
> video tape myself playing that reed and show you how it sounds like.
>
> On the brighter side, I did call Brian Charles himself and talked for
> a bit about his reeds and the fibre reed. I told him how a lot of us
> over here were talking about it and wanted to find out how good/bad it
> is. Funny enough, he himself said and I quote "wouldn't let my
> daughter play on that reed."
>
> Question, has anyone tried his regular cane reeds by any chance? I got
> two of his reg. cane reeds as well. There's something I might wanna
> talk about but later.
> --
> Sameer Al-Abdullah
>
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