Klarinet Archive - Posting 000931.txt from 1998/11

From: Dustin Ruffell <ruff@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Choosing Reeds
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 07:05:21 -0500

here is a thought. I have been having trouble with my V-12 3 1/2's also,
so I switched to 4's. The reason I think I was having trouble was because
of weather. I don't know about you guy, but the 4's seem to respond like
my 3 1/2's did. I am anticipating having to switch back toward spring, but
that is still undetermined. Just a thouht you might want to consider.

Dustin

On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Ginger Hill wrote:

> I also play V12 3@-----. I go=
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> this from my friend Mark Bradley.. he's also on the clarinet list. (Mark,
> I hope you don't mind me quoting you)
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> "When buying a box of V12 3's, you will get reeds varying from 2.5 to
> 3.5, not to mention that many will just be plain unusable because the
> heart is off-center or some other fundamental mistake. The cut on
> Vandorens are especially sloppy I have found, sometimes actually
> resembling single cut rather than double cut. If you buy a box of Rico
> GC 3's you will find reeds from 3 to 3.5 but nothing under that, so if
> you need to adjust it you'll have some cane to work with. The cut on
> these is remarkably even and I've never seen anything like it--each reed
> is exactly the same. The cane is supposedly of superior quality but
> that's really an objective statement. The tone quality is no less than
> with the Vandorens. The only problem I have found is finding a strength
> that suits me. When meeting with Gerry Labelle, the B&H marketing
> manager, he said that recently the GC's did away with quarter strenghts
> but wish they hadn't since I could really use a 3.75 of these reeds.
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> You can probably find some free samples from a local music store--I got
> tons when I went to one in Montr@-----. I haven't tried any of the regula=
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> but I like the thick blank very much. ....."
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> hope that helped! :)
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> =09=09=09=09=09=09=09~Ginger
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