Klarinet Archive - Posting 000504.txt from 1995/09

From: Anne Vacca <AMVACCA@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Getting soft in my old age/rico reeds?
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 09:41:51 -0400

I have a question about the Rico reeds:

Have you encountered any pitch problems with these reeds?
I recently switched all of my clarinets (8th-10th grade) off of these reeds
(Rico) and now they are playng on Mitchel Lurie reeds.

I have discovered that the Rico reeds tend to really have a nasty effect on
pitch. The players are all using Vandoren B45 mp. IMHO I believe that the
reeds just aren't very good.

The Mitchel Lurie reeds seem to me to last longer and play with more
consistency (right out of the box).

These students really don't make any adustments to their reeds. They just
pull the reed out of the box and use it.

Of course it's also marching band season ans I think that the students are
eating their reeds! : )

I hope that this dosen't start a reed brawl here.......

Anne
AMVACCA@-----.com

   
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