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Re: 5 strength reeds

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2009-10-10 22:28

As I say, it's a little foggy in my mind, but I think Boosey & Hawkes may have been the worldwide distributor but had assigned U.S. distribution exclusively to (I think) Leblanc U.S.A.. Leblanc (or whoever the U.S. company was if I'm wrong) was having business problems of its own and Vandoren reeds just weren't getting here. Some players had gotten into the habit of replacing them with Olivieri reeds during earlier Vandoren droughts.

You're right - most everyone then either bought at local music stores or bought directly from the Vandoren factory if they were going to Paris or could find a friend who was. Very different times.

Karl

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