Klarinet Archive - Posting 000102.txt from 1995/12

From: Michael D Moors - Alpena <mdmoors@-----.US>
Subj: Re: Plastic Reeds
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 23:29:13 -0500

Richard,

I have been negative about plastic reeds (mostly due to experiences years
ago). Not too long ago the music store I do business with gave me a few
Fibercell Reeds to try. I was silently critical about the entire
prospect of even trying them. One day I decided I couldn't lie to him when
he asked me about them, so I played them with my clarinet class. At first
they seemed to play wierd but after a while they didn't play bad. I came
to the conclusion they wouldn't be bad for a spare, or as you say for
marching band. I have tried the reeds for good players and they couldn't
tell they were Fibercell.

Has anyone seen the new reeds that come in Flavors? They are called
FlavorReeds. They come in rasberry and other great flavors. A former
Rico user turned me on to them ;-)

Mike Moors
mdmoors@-----.us

On Tue, 5 Dec 1995, Richard Sprecker wrote:

> 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.
>