Klarinet Archive - Posting 000275.txt from 1996/01

From: "Lorne G. Buick" <mcheramy@-----.CA>
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Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 10:46:13 -0500

>While in college, 14 yrs.ago, my clarinet professor convinced me to try
>Olivieri reeds. I liked them then. Today, I'm playing on an R-13 Buffet with
>a Gigliotti P34 mouthpiece/gigliotti ligature. I have been using Vandoren
>Superieure #4 reeds with success. My question,"With the above horn and
>mouthpiece, what problems might I foresee by changing back to Olivieri
>reeds? Any feedback concerning Olivieri reeds would be appreciated!

I used to play Olivieris ten years ago, (when I was playing a Pyne
mouthpiece) and the best boxes of reeds I ever had were two big boxes of 25
"untempered" that were already 14 years old when I bought them in about
1988- virtually every one of them was good enough to play in concerts with
a little adjustment. But I haven't had a new box that I liked in ten years
(I haven't bought any for several years now). I now play a P34 on my Rossi
clarinets and I've been using
Barre-Mec reeds for a couple of years, but I just started breaking in a box
of Rico Grand Concert which are more expensive but so far it seems like
they're actually better. (I think they will all play! :-)