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Author: NBeaty
Date: 2009-02-19 02:32
I was just wondering who else experiences this. V12's, especially recently, have not been all that great. So logically, go out and try new ones (like Rico Reserves, thick blank GC, Zondas).
This is what I have done over the last few weeks. But no matter what improvements are made with other reeds, it always seems that I come back to V12's, having found only a few other reeds to be satisfactory.
With all the frustration V12's have cost through expense, inconsistency, the need for a strength 3.75 (3.5's too soft, 4's too hard) and lack of longevity I'm growing more and more displeased that these seem to be the best there is.
Is it time to start making my own reeds? Is there good cane to be had?
-Nathan
(FWIW, I play an M13Lyre on an R13, moennig barrel, backun bell)
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Author: kev182
Date: 2009-02-19 02:54
I spent months searching for an m13 that could play size 4 reeds easily... but yeah most of the time i experience exactly what youve explained. 3.5 too soft and 4 too hard, especially on 90% of the new M13L's
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Author: Sarah M
Date: 2009-02-19 17:37
you can also use dutch rush (aka reed rush) which is a better way of sanding down your reeds......it's been mentioned on the BBoard many times and I think it is more successful than sand paper because it doesn't leave find grains in or on your reeds. Have a look at these links:
http://home.att.net/~larvalbugrex/horsetail.html
http://www.tcnj.edu/~mckinney/equisetum_hymale.htm
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Author: Tom Puwalski
Date: 2009-02-19 18:57
Why is Reed rush a better way of sanding reeds? That seems like a pretty arbitrary thing to advise. You sand a reed to increase it's ability to flex in response to the curve of mouthpiece and air applied. I've never noticed that sandpaper leaves "grains" in my reeds and I've been sanding them for years.
Get an ATG watch the video, sand the reeds get on with life!
Tom Puwalski
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Author: Ryan25
Date: 2009-02-19 18:59
Have you tried the blue box vandorens on the M13 Lyre. I always had way better results on that mouthpiece with the Blue Box Vandoren 3 1/2. I still play blue box vandorens (on a diferent mouthpiece) and feel that they are the most consistent of the Vandoren line. I always get at least 3 performance reeds from the blue box and at least 5 good practice reeds. I know John Bruce Yeh always played blue box on the M13 Lyre for the years that he played that mouthpiece. He told me that they were the only ones that worked for him on it. They are also a bit cheaper than the V12's which is a bonus.
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