Klarinet Archive - Posting 000712.txt from 2003/07

From: "James Hobby" <jhobby@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Cane Quality (was RE: [kl] New type of reed by Vandoren)
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 19:58:34 -0400

When I was in high school (fifties) either the reeds were better or my taste
was less discriminating. <g>

Now, as to Vandoren, no thanks. I threw out the last box I bought.
(Literally - none of my students would even take them, free.) Even with a
large amount of fiddling with them, there was not one reed that was playable
with my setup. I'd rather have a Rico than spend that amount of time trying
to make a reed play.

The last box of Mitchell Lurie were quite nice, but I'm not sure these were
newly made. I dug this box out of the back of the bottom drawer at the
music shop. It was five reeds for $2.41. To me, best, right now, by far,
are the Gonzales FOF reeds. And thanks to the members of the list for
suggesting these. The Mozart reeds, by the same company as the Gonzales, do
not play as well for me.

Jim Hobby

>From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net>
>
>I haven't closely examined the cane in any maker's reeds over any period of
>time - I tend to put the thing on the mouthpiece and judge it by how it
>plays, and I have found good reeds in boxes of Vandorens, Zondas, and Grand
>Concerts and Gigliottis. I'm sure I would find Mozart and Gonsalez reeds
>that I like as well, although I haven't tried them yet.
>
>All the jokes about the one good reed in every Vandoren box were
>already current and I don't think they were new even then.

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