Klarinet Archive - Posting 000681.txt from 1996/10

From: "David B. Niethamer" <niethamer@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Steuer French cut reeds
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 22:51:29 -0400

Everett Austin wrote:

>I bought some Steuer "French Cut " reeds recently. I was disappointed, as
>the vamp length was too short and although they were obviously nicely
>finished and balanced, they did not play well on any mouthpiece I have and
>generally seem designed with something else in mind. The width is
>correct, but vamp decidedly shorter than Vandoren or Glotin. Does anyone
>have a comment or experience with these reeds?

I've used these as Eb reeds (at the suggestion of a major orch Eb player)
by cutting off enough of the butt end of the reed to have it fit the Eb
mpc. They worked very well for that.

>(back to Glotin and Vandoren, meanwhile- Glotin has someone who puts 2-3
>good reeds in each box, unlike the mystery employee at Vandoren that so
>many players seem to know of)

The only thing I can say is that Vandoren is probably more profitable,
since you have to buy 3 times as many to get the same number of good
reeds!

David

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
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