Klarinet Archive - Posting 000589.txt from 2003/06

From: "LARISA DUFFY & DAVID DOW" <DUFFYL@-----.CA>
Subj: Re: [kl] Survey - What brand of reeds do you use?
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 19:36:01 -0400

Currently I use Glotin Gaia III reeds # 3 1/2 and V12 3 1/2 with great
success...sometimes #4 Blue box and # 1/2 blue box reeds.

As to students generally steer them to Vandoren 2 21/2 and 3 streagnth
reeds.....I also like Legere synthetic personally and have been know to
practice on Fibracell medium hard reeds which require a long breaking phase
unfortunately. --- Original Message -----
From: <GrabnerWG@-----.com>
Subject: [kl] Survey - What brand of reeds do you use?

> I know we have been through this before, but I thought it would be
interesting and instructive to see what people are playing on these days.
>
> Several new brands of reeds are on the market. Some established brands
seem to have taken a dip in quality, some have seemed to improve. So - what
reeds are YOU using these days?
>
> Also what reeds do you recommend for young (middle school) students.
>
> Thanks,
> Walter
> www.clarinetXpress.com
> superb mouthpieces and repairs.
>
> BTW - here's my selection. For the past few months I have been using
Zondas and Gonzales reeds. Before that I was using Vandoren V 12's. I did
have some "regular" Vandorens that worked well for me when I couldn't get
the V 12's to play satisfactorily.
>
> I almost always wind up with a 3 1/2 strength no matter what the brand
except for Mitchell Lurie, where I vacillated between 5's (too soft) and 5
1/2's (too stiff).
>
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