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 Updated reed strength chart
Author: Rapidcif 
Date:   2009-10-26 23:05

does someone have an UPDATED reed strength chart that includes Gonzalez F.0.F reeds? I found a few on google but don't know which one to trust. Thank you all.


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 Re: Updated reed strength chart
Author: kdk 
Date:   2009-10-27 22:19

You can't completely trust any of them. Different profiles will produce different feelings of playing resistance even if reeds flex to a similar degree. I'm not sure how the people who compare those tables do their comparisons, but there's really not any good substitute for starting with a guess (based on any table you choose) and trying the reeds first-hand. I usually try a couple of boxes at a time - one at the strength I'm guessing to be what I want and one of the next lower strength.

I know - it's a relatively expensive way to do it, but if the reeds from one of the boxes works without doing a lot of adjustment to each reed, you've got a usable box of reeds. The ones in the other - whether too hard or too soft - can usually be doctored with some effort (albeit work that you'd prefer to avoid in the future) to make them usable - or not, if you don't feel like putting in the work or don't know what to do to them. I have a large stockpile of reeds I can't play on - who knows what mouthpiece I may someday play on that will work with some of them or what miracle machine I may one day find that will make them all play like gems. :-)

Karl

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 Re: Updated reed strength chart
Author: cxgreen48 
Date:   2009-10-28 00:16

Here's the one on the Gonzalez Reeds website:
http://www.gonzalezreeds.com/english/faqs.html

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