Klarinet Archive - Posting 000084.txt from 1995/12

From: Richard Sprecker <RS7641@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Plastic Reeds
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 15:00:47 -0500

With regard to plastic reeds, I have seen only one semi-practical application
for them. If you have to march a plastic horn for a marching bnad or other
repeditive outdoor performing, the plastic reed delivers about as good a
tone as you can expect from an outdoor performance(which frequently isn't
terribly terriffic) and asts(lasts even) longer against environmental damage.
While expensive, a student in a HS marching band could do well with a plastic
reed, just for the durability.