Klarinet Archive - Posting 000197.txt from 2002/03

From: Rachel D Hagen <dana_scully42@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Reed question
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 18:23:15 -0500

I used Mitchell Lurie's for my entire clarinet life, and I finally
switched to Vandoren's this year, my first year in college. I was on a
ML 4.5 and I went to Vandoren 3's and then 3.5's... I just used my reed
trimmer on those that were too soft and really worked the harder ones...
it took some getting used to, but after a while I found that I like that
better than just popping one out of the box. Working the reeds more
gives them more of a custom feel and once you get used to it it doesn't
take long to know how you want them... I'd go with Vandoren's.... good
luck!

Rachel

On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 18:11:39 EST WaveMaster516@-----.com writes:
> Hello. I need another kind of reed. Right now I play on Mitchell
> Luries
> (4.5). I tried Vandoren, but they were too unreliable and you had to
> put too
> much effort into it to get a better sound. Mitchell Luries were nice
> becuase
> even on a 4.5, you don't have to try to hard for a good tone, so you
> can
> focus on other things like the notes on the page. and then there is
> Rico. I
> only played on them for the first year of my clarinet life. And most
>
> importantly (for me) I need a reed that will offer enough control on
> the high
>
> notes, like high D (3rd octave). The Mitchell Luries don't really
> offer that.
>
> What other good reed companies are out there? Maybe if I tried a ML
> 5 I would
>
> be happy...
> Derek
>
>
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Always,
Rachel
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