Klarinet Archive - Posting 000525.txt from 1995/10

From: Margaret Cheatham <cheathma@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: V.12's
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 12:45:33 -0400

>OK., here's my 2c worth. I used V12s for some time right when they had just
>come out up until about the fall (I think) of '93. Sometime in there, I
>decided to try Marca and Oliveri. The Oliveris were like 2x4s, so I let a
>friend with a Giggliotti try one, and he thought it was the best reed he'd
>ever played on. The Marcas worked well for me. I go between them and v12s.
> I stayed with strength 4--I thought that the Marcas were slightly harder
>than the V12s, and I also thought that V12s were getting softer. So, try
>Marcas--cheaper, just about as consistent, and more heart than Vandoren. E.
>Morgenroth
>
Gotta agree with the Marca assessment. I switched this summer as an
experiment, and don't even miss the Vandorens. Felt unfaithful for a while,
but I'm over that now... :-)

Margaret
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Margaret Cheatham
Raymond Walters College/UC
Margaret.Cheatham@-----.edu

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Margaret Cheatham
Raymond Walters College/UC
Margaret.Cheatham@-----.edu