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Author: krawfish3x
Date: 2003-08-06 15:38
i have marching band coming up and i need some reeds to use that wont cause me problems and are relatively cheap. i currently use vandoren V12, 3.5, but these reeds cause me too much trouble on the marching band feild because you have to adjust them to make them work and then if they get chipped you just wasted time. so i was thinking of getting rico reeds to march with. is this a good idea? and what size should i use?
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Author: GBK
Date: 2003-08-06 15:50
If you are worried about using your best reeds, just use the Vandoren reeds which are miscut and of poorer quality.
Oh wait............that's most of them ...GBK
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Author: JMcAulay
Date: 2003-08-06 15:50
Have you considered plastic reeds? If Larry Combs uses a Legere for some practicing, surely you can blow across a piece of plastic while marching.
While in High School, I used a really awful plastic reed (the pinnacle of 1950s pseudo-reed technology) for an entire football season with no problems. It didn't sound any better than a well-shaped tongue depressor, but so what? No one ever walked up to me after a game and said, "Gee, John, your tone has really gone down the drain." These days, I like my Fibracell.
Regards,
John
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Author: theclarinetist
Date: 2003-08-06 21:37
I would also recommend a Legere reed. The play about as well as a cane reed, they aren't affected by humidity or temp as much, and they last a lot longer, which makes up for the price (assuming you don't do anything to harm them). Of course, you can't really hear clarinets during marching band anyway, so you could probably get away with using anything...
The legere would be a good bet though. Give them a try!
DON - theclarinetist@yahoo.com
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Author: leonardA
Date: 2003-08-07 03:07
I have had good luck with Fibracell reeds. They are synthetic; they look and feel like cane. The tone is very good and the are free blowing.
Leonard
Post Edited (2003-08-07 03:09)
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Author: krawfish3x
Date: 2003-08-07 03:18
i play a vandoren v12, 3.5. does anyone know what that would be in rico plastic cover reeds? i heard they were harder than the #'s they have on them.
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Author: coasten1
Date: 2003-08-07 04:04
Rico Grand Concert Reeds are pretty decent and not as expensive as Vandoren reeds. You usually have to go about 1/2 step higher in strength to match the Vandoren strength you use. Good luck.
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Author: clarinetdaddy
Date: 2003-08-07 04:23
HEY! Take from playing daily over here in Baghdad. The temp is 144 degrees and the Legere work great. Never will let you down.
1AD Band
Miles
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Author: chicagoclar
Date: 2003-08-07 06:52
I concur with the plastic reed advice. They are a little sturdier and don't need the moisture that can does. This is great for those times when you are at parade rest forever or even in the stands. I don't remember which kind of reed it was, but one of the director's in my area decided that all of the saxes and clarinets should use plastic reeds because they were a brighter and more cutting tone. Don't know if this was true or not, but it's worh a shot.
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Author: krawfish3x
Date: 2003-08-07 15:18
does anyone know how the sizes compare between rico plastic covered and vandoren v12s?
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Author: JMcAulay
Date: 2003-08-07 15:31
Hey, krawfish, I have never used a Plasticover, so I don't know how strengths compare.
Legere offers a good deal: a guarantee that the reed will have the proper strength for you. Buy one, and if you need a softer or harder reed, send it to them and they will supply one that's more to your liking at no charge. Hard to beat that.
I have tried Legere, but I prefer Fibracell.
Regards,
John
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Author: Rick Williams
Date: 2003-08-08 12:12
Just as an FYI, one of the largest High Schools in Southern Indiana just went with Legere's. I was told the band director is or has ordered them for all the woodwinds.
RW
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2003-08-08 13:14
John McAulay wrote: "While in High School, I used a really awful plastic reed (the pinnacle of 1950s pseudo-reed technology) for an entire football season with no problems. It didn't sound any better than a well-shaped tongue depressor, but so what?"
So the secret's out! NOW I know who was playing those godawful Fibercane reeds out on the football field! Boy, they did sound horrible.....we don't know how lucky we are to have Legeres and the like available these days.
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2003-08-08 13:53
Krawfish -
For over two years, I played parades in the West Point Band on one incredible brown-box Rico (on a Bundy with a Goldentone mouthpiece). I was downcast when it finally split irrevocably. Half a dozen more got me through another year.
Ah, if Legeres had only existed then. I wouldn't use anything but a Legere outdoors.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Redhedclrnetist
Date: 2003-08-08 21:27
I use a plastic reed while marching. Plastic reeds are louder. I also like it because I can drop it on the ground and not break it. Actually, combined with a plastic clarinet and valentino pads, I can drop the whole clarinet in a puddle without much harm.
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Author: krawfish3x
Date: 2003-08-09 03:50
there is no musicality while marching, you leave that to the brass.(which just blast their brains out, but hey, who cares? j/k)
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Author: Clarinetbiter135
Date: 2003-08-09 19:28
Does your marching band compete krawfish? If so, where and what type of competitions (a.k.a BOA, local, ect.)
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Author: cek
Date: 2003-08-10 00:43
my son is a starting freshman and was just informed that he needed a plastic clarinet for marching. He has a mid level selmer for concert. Do you have any recommendations or does it matter what brand since it is plastic?
Post Edited (2003-08-10 00:46)
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Author: JMcAulay
Date: 2003-08-10 00:52
cek: Please search the Bulletin Board archives for
plasic clarinet
and you will find many comments.
In reading them, you will find that I prefer Vito, specifically the V-40... Others suggest various name-brands (most built by major manufacturers, such as Leblanc/Vito, Buffet, Yamaha, and Selmer -- do avoid most others) which may be a bit less expensive. A used instrument which is reliable and plays well can often be bought for relatively few bux and will do the job quite okay.
Regards,
John
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Author: Clarinetbiter135
Date: 2003-08-10 01:19
Oh. Well, I was just curious about what calibore of marching band it was. I know that my high school didn't allow plastic reeds because the majority of them sounds terrible (haven't tried them all mind you) since we were interested in a good sound, not just brass play as loud as you can. And BOA is a high school band thing, by the way....
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Author: Benni
Date: 2003-08-10 03:35
I used a Legere (Quebec tip) for marching, and it held up through the season. I've seen a few people so far mention that the plastic reeds are "more freeblowing," etc. It is because they are actually softer, so if you're not comfortable palying anything softer than your usual strength, you might want to go up a 1/4 to a 1/2 strength in the plastic reeds. I wouldn't try the Fibracells unless you're used to playing on 2 1/2s . . . In that case, they may work out quite well for use, but other than that, they'd probably be much too soft.
Also, if your reed breaks or the like w/in 30 days, you can send it back to the company and they will send you a replacement. My first one split during practice w/in about a week and they sent me two replacements (which were the ones that lasted me through the season).
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Author: Eric
Date: 2003-08-10 08:01
What mouthpiece do you march with? I'm looking for a marching mouthpiece myself.
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Author: krawfish3x
Date: 2003-08-10 13:56
Clarinetbiter- i was just kidding about the whole brass blasting their brains out, its just that the woodwinds are highly out numbered. out of all the local bands around, ours is of pretty high caliber. nothing like DCI or anything like that.
Benni- i always though plastic reeds were harder than normal reeds, can anyone confirm this?
Eric- i march with a Vandoren M13, only because i had it as an extra sitting around not being used and i find the stock mouthpieces that came with my clarinets unusable.
Post Edited (2003-08-10 13:57)
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