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Author: Kanehira
Date: 2005-06-15 23:54
I play on V12 size 3.5 reeds: at the local music store, they are selling these for $22.50. However, at some online dealers, they are offering them for $17.49 and free shipping. If I get free shipping, I am considering buying two or more boxes at the same time. I just moved up a reed strength to where I am now, less than two months ago. Do you think it's practical to buy the boxes in bulk if there is a chance I will move up in strengths again? (How big is that chance? I moved up from 3.5 Blue box Vandorens to V12 3.5)
-K
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Author: GBK
Date: 2005-06-16 02:39
Kanehira wrote:
> I just moved up a reed strength to where I am now,
> less than two months ago.
> I moved up from 3.5 Blue box Vandorens to V12 3.5
Vandoren Blue Box #3 1/2 reeds are actually harder than V12 #3 1/2 ...GBK
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Author: EEBaum
Date: 2005-06-16 03:00
I have a dozen open boxes of reeds at home. The V12s play better with age in my experience. Buy a few boxes and put them aside for a while. A year or two can work wonders. Bad comes to worse, you can likely sell them to a friend if V12 3.5 is no longer your size. Heck, if you still have them a couple years from now, I'LL buy them from you.
-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com
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Author: msloss
Date: 2005-06-16 03:00
Reed strength and achievement are not related. You could be playing that index of reeds for a while or even forever if you get a good result, so do yourself the favor and save the $ unless you get service and support from your local dealer that merits the extra cost. At even a conservative 1 box/month, order up. Sounds like it is worth it.
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Author: pewd
Date: 2005-06-16 03:09
some of the online vendors give a 5% discount if you buy 3 or more boxes
check out ww&bw
sometimes you buy an unrelated item and get a even bigger discount on the reeds.
at the moment you can buy a lavoz reedguard for $2.50, and get v-12's discounted to $15.74. buy 3 or more boxes, you get 5% more off,taking you down to 14.87/box
and they're advertising free shipping - so pick up 5-10 boxes cheap while you can , and you beat the heck out of the local store prices
you can always sell them to friends or students if you switch strengths again and end up with leftovers
- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas
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Author: Brenda
Date: 2005-06-16 15:04
And why not mix strengths? Buy 10 boxes, and a couple of those can be 1/2 strength higher. The strengths included in a box vary anyway, giving you a chance to experiment. Just follow the practical help offered on this BB for breaking them in, have a dozen in your rotation, and what doesn't work set aside to try again a year from now.
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Author: larryb
Date: 2005-06-16 18:30
if you buy a box of V12s from wwbw, do they give you a discount on the la Voz reed guard? that would be a deal
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Author: EEBaum
Date: 2005-06-16 20:02
larryb wrote:
> if you buy a box of V12s from wwbw, do they give you a discount
> on the la Voz reed guard? that would be a deal
If you buy the V12s at regular price, I think they might. Wouldn't really consider that a deal though.
-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com
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