Klarinet Archive - Posting 000030.txt from 2011/07

From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Would love feedback...please :) (re-beginner player)
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:50:24 -0400

MaryMuse <maryasaurus@-----.com> wrote:
>
> Sure! It's a Rico Classic 2.5 reed. I have some Vandoren 2.5 here, but
> haven't played them yet. I had been playing on some Populaire reeds
> (also 2.5 hardness). (I also have a Rico Royal 4 and a Vandoren 4 or 5
> that I've had since high school so they're 20 years old, and I figure
> they're probably too old to play.)

Many people believe that reeds continue to improve as they age. Some
folks have a cache of reeds they bought in the 1960s that they still
pull out for special occasions. (Ah, appreciate the bouquet!)

Remember that the strength scales are not consistent. A Rico 2.5 is
quite different from a Vandoren 2.5. To overgeneralize, the Vandoren
scale tends to be between 0.5 and 1.0 harder than a Rico of the same
number. Most of the other manufacturers follow one or the other of
those two. I believe Woodwind & Brasswind has some equivalency charts.

> The mouthpiece is the one that came with my Yamaha wooden clarinet. No
> markings other than the fact that it says "Yamaha" on it.

I think you have an infinite opportunity for experimentation ahead of you...

--
Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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