Klarinet Archive - Posting 000400.txt from 1997/03

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Vandoren V12 for beginners?
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 10:14:13 -0500

I guess he licked the reed warping problem all together ;)
I would try the V-12 #2 1/2. Give it a shot, and see if they are not too
hard.

At 03:26 PM 3/13/97 +0100, Dirk Kussin wrote:
>My dealer plays the clarinet himself (since his childhood, and he
>seems to be in his 50s) and seems to be very expierenced with this
>subject. On the other hand, he plays with a plastic reed, and maybe he
>isn't the authority for wood reeds. (He says, each classical clarinet
>player would commit suicide when he hears that he plays a plastic
>reed.)
>
>In the moment I still cannot decide myself which reed is good or which
>is bad, or if #2 is better than #2,5 or #3, or conversely. They all
>seem to be equally bad;-) The next time I need new reeds I will try
>the V-12's. #2 then should be a good choice?
>
>
David C. Blumberg
Principal Clarinet Riverside Symphonia
reedman@-----.com