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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2008-03-04 14:48
In the last couple of weeks several reeds broke while I was playing. Small missing parts of the tip. I didn't notice it happened while playing but especially today I took a new reed and five minutes later it was broken the same way. The only think I can think about is that it happened from playing a lot of slaps, but I don't remember that happening before when I used slaps. Maybe I use it more than before but break in less than five minutes of playing...?
Maybe I'm missing something but it is definitely happening during playing.
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Author: 68fordfalcon
Date: 2008-03-04 15:42
When you really give it a good slap tongue, the tip of the reed can break easily. Your slap tongue might just be getting better. Sometimes I use a Legere for a piece that requires a lot of slaps. It's also helpful to save the hard slaps for performances.
Campbell MacDonald
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2008-03-04 15:46
Now that you mention it, I recall my Rico reeds doing something like that when I was a kid. Little rectangular notches would break out of the tip of the reed. they didn't much affect the playability of the "notched" reed --until 3 or 4 notches developed.
I haven't had that happen (well, maybe once) in the last 4-years. Different reeds, different mouthpiece.
Bob Phillips
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Author: tdinap
Date: 2008-03-04 16:40
Hmm--I just had that happen on a reasonably new V12 yesterday for no apparent reason. And I was playing Beethoven, so it obviously wasn't from slap tonguing. I suspect this was just one of those reeds that spontaneously decides to hate me after giving me one decent performance, as it hadn't been cooperating lately anyway.
Tom
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2008-03-04 17:24
Thanks.
It is definitely not my slap tongue getting better (or worse, or chaning in any way) beucase it has been the same for years.
I've been using almost nothing but Vandoren V12 for a long time. This happened with every reed I used in the last couple of weeks, and the reed breaking is the only reason I changed them. Today after one broke I tried a regular Vandoren instead and after a few mintues it broke. Usually they are still ok but the more they break the worse it gets and the first thing I notice that I can't do with the broken reed is slap.
I really wish I liked Legere but unfortunately I don't, and I've tried many. I'll give them another chance though, and probably do that every once in a while.
I guess there isn't anything I can do really, except hope it doesn't happen anymore.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2008-03-04 17:25
I get this on Vandoren ZZ bari sax reeds during gigs - I put a fresh one on and at the end the tip has frayed.
It's much more heartbreaking when it happens to oboe or cor anglais reeds, especially ones which are playing well and you've spent time on getting them playing well!
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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