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Forestone Reeds First Encounter

Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2010-05-06 02:05

Pardon me for starting a related thread, but I want to warn prospective Forestone reeds to be cautious on selecting an appropriate strength.

I ordered the 7-pack trial set and got excellent response from the company. I play on Vandoren V12 #3-1/2 or equivalent; so I specified reeds at strengths F2-1/2 to F4.

They seem to have great potential, but even the F4 is 'way too soft to produce a well centered tone that is comparable to my cane reeds.

I'll go back and get some F4-1/2 and F5 strengths and try again.

In the meanwhile, I find that these reeds are very promising. The 3 F3-1/2 strength reeds in my quiver are absolutely interchangeable --telling me that the manufacturing process is quite solid.

They are also very well balanced. On my (near perfect) Livengood facing, the Forestone reeds play best perfectly centered left to right, and the tip curve matches the mouthpiece.

More later when I've put some miles on the harder reeds.

Bob Phillips

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