Author: William
Date: 2010-05-06 14:35
FWIW--I have been playing Forestone clarinet reeds, exclusively, for about a year now and have pretty much settled on the F4 strength for my original Chicago Kaspar #14 mouthpiece. The new F4 models are a "tinge" on the softer side than the older ones, so I eventually may go to the F4.5 strength--time will tell. The bottom line is that I am using them in all of my orchestral and concert band, ensemble venues and like them. They are consistant, are always "ready to play" and seem (for me) to last forever. As an example, yesterday I played on the F3+ reed that I first used during a performance of "Peter & the Wolf" last May and it played beautifully on a runthrough of the Mozart Concerto.
BTW (and lastly), I've just started using the new Forestone sax reeds and find that they run a bit harder than corresponding cane. I'm using F2's on both my alto "Hollywood" Gregory & tenor "Studio" Guradala metal mpcies. The F2.5's seem suitable if I use my old Selmer C* soloists mpcies. If any of you double on sax, you really need to give these new sax reeds a try--they are absolutely amazing--especially in the altissimo.
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