Author: ABerry
Date: 2009-04-29 16:21
Dileep,
As Iceland states, the Festival register tube is 2mm higher than the Prestige or the R13. Due to that register tube placement, finding a mouthpiece that tunes well is more of a challenge than with the Prestige or R13. It’s my understanding the Festival was designed to be used with standard- (not Series 13) Vandoren mouthpieces such as the B40, B45, M30. I am currently using a Walter Grabner K14 and the tuning is pretty close.
As I own both a set of Festivals and R13s, I can tell you the Festival wood is much denser than that of the R13. I also agree with Iceland in that the Festival (at least my set) does have a deeper, richer sound than my R13s. After purchasing the Festivals, I had my wife (a vocalist), listen from another room as I played both sets. She would tell me each time which set I was playing. As she put it, the Festival had a more “professional” sound than that of the R13. I know many will disagree but that is her (and mine) opinion of how the Festivals compared to the R13 with me playing, using the same mouthpiece and barrel.
Allan
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