Klarinet Archive - Posting 000032.txt from 2009/06

From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Forestone reeds
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:03:25 -0400

The CL series are softer than the C series. The range goes (from soft to
hard) CL-3, CL3, CL+3, C-3, C3, C+3

Karl

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sankovich, Richard [mailto:sanko@-----.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 7:37 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Forestone reeds
>
> I just received my order of three Forestone reeds and have to agree
> with
> Bill Foss that they are wonderful. Better than the Legere's that I
> have
> been using -- more responsive, meaning easier to make them do what I
> want them to do. Now to see how long they will last. I'm hoping that
> they will do as well as my Legere's in that respect, which have been
> going for five or six years of not hard playing.
>
> There was a peculiarity in the hardness designations which I would like
> to know if anyone else has encountered. I have a C-3, CL3 and CL+3. I
> presume that C-3 is supposed to be the softest and CL+3 the hardest
> (the
> Forestone website uses a different numbering system). But when I play
> on these reeds, the CL3 is softer than the C-3. And no, I did not mix
> up the reeds after I removed them from their boxes: the C-3's have
> three
> ridges molded into one edge, CL3's have two ridges and CL+3's have no
> ridges.
>
> ---Richard
>
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