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Re: Bass clarinet reeds

Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017 Date:   2004-06-09 15:07 Topher, I haven't tried Alexander reeds on bass clarinet but I did try them on bari sax once and wasn't too crazy about them, for what it's worth. On bass clarinet I use a variety of reeds including Vandoren, Marca, Rigotti Gold, Glotin, Zonda, Rico Grand Concert, and occasionally Olivieris, in the same strength (#4) as most of my soprano clarinet reeds. I also have a Legere synthetic reed as a backup/outdoor/doubling reed --- good to keep one in the case! What you might consider trying is, buy one box each of a few different brands, break in one or two reeds of each brand at the same time, mix them up and try them against each other --- find out what works best for you. I sincerely hope you know how to break in, and adjust (by scraping, or sanding, or whatever) your reeds --- this is especially crucial on the bigger instruments. Please send me all your spare money, if there's any left after buying reeds.

Topics	Author	Date
Bass clarinet reeds  new	Topher	2004-06-08 17:33
Re: Bass clarinet reeds  new	William	2004-06-09 14:47
Re: Bass clarinet reeds  new	graham	2004-06-09 15:06
Re: Bass clarinet reeds  new	David Spiegelthal	2004-06-09 15:07
Re: Bass clarinet reeds  new	Topher	2004-06-09 17:48
Re: Bass clarinet reeds  new	David Spiegelthal	2004-06-09 18:26
Re: Bass clarinet reeds  new	Topher	2004-06-09 21:23
Re: Bass clarinet reeds  new	David Spiegelthal	2004-06-10 14:43
Re: Bass clarinet reeds  new	DougR	2004-06-11 15:30
Re: Bass clarinet reeds  new	Topher	2004-06-11 16:58
Re: Bass clarinet reeds  new	GBK	2004-06-12 03:04

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