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Author: Benny
Date: 2001-10-16 00:12
What is your opinion of Black Masters? Also, what is the difference in cut between Black Masters and V12s? Thanks
Benny
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Author: Wes
Date: 2001-10-16 07:41
To me, they played great but seemed to want to play at a slightly higher pitch than the V12's. As I recall, they are not quite as large in the butt end as the V12's which could account for this. Good Luck!
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Author: Mindy's Mom
Date: 2001-10-16 11:19
From what I have heard from Mindy's teacher and from teh people where we buy her Black Masters, they are smaller than the V12's since they are designed to fit the smaller German m/p's.-- Narrower and shorter-- Mindy likes these and so does her teacher since they are smaller on the American m/p they vibrate more and that may account for the "higher" pitch that some people hear when they use these. They have a harder time fitting on the mp and you must fit it carefully or it won't play well at all and will sound terrible.
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Author: Pat
Date: 2001-10-17 01:48
I like the Black Masters. I use them on occasion. I only have a few problems with getting them to last long time, and sometimes they have squeeky problem. I have done is taking my V12 reeds, narrowed them at the sides, clipped the V12 reed, and put the v12 on the Reedual and used a Black Master as a model and made some really good reeds out of that. The Black Masters themselves are worth trying out.
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Author: Sara
Date: 2001-10-18 02:54
I love them!! I discovered them last year when my teacher suggested I try them,because I was between reeds. Anyways, I don't knowt he pysical aspects but they play wonderfully!
Sara
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Author: Jennifer Lynn
Date: 2001-10-21 07:07
My friend recommended them, but he plays on a Pyne mouthpiece and uses a 3 strength. I normally use a Vandoreen bluebox 5 on an M13 mouthpiece. I tried one of his 3 strength black masters and found it responsive, but too soft in the heart. However, he said that anything above a 3 is too hard and these reeds don't respond well to fussing. Any suggestions?
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