Klarinet Archive - Posting 000230.txt from 1998/07

From: <Maestro645@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] All this past talk on reeds...
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 19:30:33 -0400

In a message dated 7/9/98 3:13:04 PM Pacific Daylight Time, bhausman@-----.com
writes:

<< I guess you haven't looked at any Rico reeds lately. They ALL are marked
on the back "V-2" or "V-3 1/2" or whatever. Maybe there WAS another style
once. The wood-grain boxes didn't go out THAT long ago. Probably not more
than 10, but I can't be sure. They have pretty much always, at least in my
lifetime, been entry-level reeds, but that does not in any way negate their
right to a little advertising hype on the box.
>>

I've never really played Ricos before, but I almost thought "They actually DID
make decent reeds back then!" (Assuming they were like 50 years old, judging
by the musty smell, LOL)
I know Rico makes more professional reeds, such as Grand Concert, etc., but
what I thought that RICO Ricos were at one time superior quality. Guess not.
Chris Hoffman

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