Klarinet Archive - Posting 000477.txt from 1996/10

From: "Jeroen T. Salm" <jtsalm@-----.nl>
Subj: Re: Vandoren /Reed Strength
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 16:42:47 -0400

From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.EDU>:
>(...)I use Vandoren Hand Select reeds, and these have proven to be
>a great deal more consistent in cane quality within a given box. From a
>box I opened just yesterday, every single reed vibrated with the same
>degree of resonance, and were all very close to the same degree of
>resistance.(...)

Hello,
Maybe you have a student who selects the _one_ good reeds from several boxes
Vandoren, and when he finally found 10 of them puts them in a
"Vandoren-Hand-Select box" - I can't afford it. Or, does Vandoren make a new
brand reeds, i.e. the reeds mentioned by you, namely the Hand Selected. I've
never seen them (or am I blind?). Could you (or others) tell me more about
them? Are they available in White Master cut also? Are they available outside
US? etc. etc.

Thanks,

now preparing for the big Tosca-solo,
Jeroen T. Salm
The Netherlands