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Author: benpooi
Date: 2008-01-16 13:26
What reeds do the Eb Contra Alto or the Eb Contrabass Clarinet use? Vandoren only sells Bb contrabass reeds. are they the same? i know baritone sax reeds can be used but they do not produce favourable vibrations. Help pls!
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Author: nahoj
Date: 2008-01-16 18:53
Depends purely on your mouthpiece. Some mouthpieces are narrower than others and both can be used on both contra-alto and contrabass, depending on the models.
For example the Vandoren reeds fit the Selmer contrabass mouthpiece. That mouthpiece fits all Leblanc contra's and the Selmer contrabasses. I think the Selmer contra-alto mouthpiece (fits Selmer contra-alto clarinets) is narrower, but I'm not sure.
It would be interesting to finally know what mouthpiece has which dimensions, and same for the reeds. It also changed over time I learned.
So, what mouthpiece are you using?
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Author: William Hughes ★2017
Date: 2008-01-16 19:17
I use Legere 2.25 or 2.50 strength bari sax reeds on a Selmer C* contra alto mouthpiece refaced by the incomparable David Spiegelthal. Works for me.
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Author: Mark Horne
Date: 2008-01-16 19:58
The Leblanc 350 and 352 contra-alto clarinets have the same size tenon receiver as their BBb contrabasses, so they take the larger contra mouthpieces that need the Vandoren contrabass reeds.
I have both of the paperclip models - contra-alto and contrabass, and I can use the same mouthpiece for each. I've also used bari sax reeds and rico contrabass reeds and they work - but the narrower reeds seem to produce a thinner sound.
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Author: benpooi
Date: 2008-01-17 05:19
hmmm. mine is a selmer. ya it seems quite narrow to me. ok i will try the contrabass reeds. hope it will be alright. but to clarify, is there such a thing as Eb contra alto reeds?
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