Klarinet Archive - Posting 000383.txt from 1999/02

From: "Benjamin A. Maas" <bmaas@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] reed question?
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 02:31:44 -0500

>Hi there!
>
>a quick question:
>
>has anyone on the list ever tried the GS reeds advertised in the Muncy
>catalogue?
>
>I am particularly interested in the bass clarinet reeds (they make a german
>model), but I'll take any volunteer reviews of other GS reeds. What is the
>cane like?
>thanks!
>
>interestingly enough, vandoren doesn't make a V-12 for bass!!!!
>surprising!
>
>Line
>

I tried them a couple of years ago. I found them well made, but they didn't
work for me. The cane was decent quality and the blank was quite thick. I
think my problem is that the German blanks don't work on my mouthpiece (a
Vandoren B40). I have had rotten luck with the Vandoren Black Masters as
well. But, I have many friends that play and love them.

Try a box and see how you like them for yourself.

--Ben
Benjamin Maas
Clarinetist and Digital Recording Engineer
Student, University of Southern California
Executive Director, Digital Renaissance Consort
bmaas@-----.net
bmaas@-----.edu

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