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Author: Sneakers
Date: 2002-08-22 20:54
I recently read a handout from the band director at the local middle school giving the students instructions on what equipment was required for their instrument. I noticed that she required La Voz reeds for the clarinet players. I was a bit surpised, since she is a clarinet player. It has been many years since I have tried a La Voz reed, but I remember them having a very rough texture and sounding, well..., uh..., awful. Have they been improving over the years? What do you recommend to beginners?
Please don't tell me to do a search. I am extremely hungry and weak, and I am at the library and you know those nasty rules they have about not eating or drinking in the library.
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Author: tim k
Date: 2002-08-22 21:23
LaVoz is, IMHO, a good all-purpose reed. I use them regularly on sax. Haven't bought them for clarinet for a while, but accasionally use a LaVoz soprano sax reed on clarinet with a short-lay mouthpiece. They seem to me to have good consistency. The obvious drawback is the wide strength ratings. There has been comment on sax on the web that their quality seems to be on the upswing, as opposed to a well-known brand of widely used reeds.
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Author: Hank
Date: 2002-08-22 23:50
Hi,
I have been using La Voz MH clarinet reeds very successfully over the past fwe months and have been very happy with the result. Otherwise, the choice was a VD anywhere fom 3 to 3 1/2 and (or about a 13 on the Maccaferri Reed device).
I have always preferred La Voz and Rico Royals on saxophone (soprano though tenor - yikes, I am a doubler). I have found the La Voz reeds to be reasonable players on all instruments pretty much out of the box.
I think teh teacher's advice was sound (much better than say plain vanilla Ricos).
Hank
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Author: tim k
Date: 2002-08-26 20:38
James, what did you soak your La Voz reeds in?
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