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Re: Forestone Reeds First Encounter

Author: William
Date: 2010-05-08 16:06

Actually, I am sorry to report that a recent experiance with my trial pak of 7 revealed some serious inconsistancies in the grading of the new Forestone reeds. I had originally selected the F4 as being most suited for my Chicago Kaspar #14 mpc, but upon trying to use it at Muni Band last Thursday eve, it had deteriorated to being softer than the F2--and after only minimal previous use. And of the remaining reeds, there was not that much difference between the F2.5, F3, F3.5 & F5--all of which were usable and played well up to D8. The hardest reed was the F4.5. and I found that reed to be "unusable" for the present. These new F's do not seem to be as consistant as the older hand-finished reeds that I now prefer to rely on for my concert performance. As previously started in my former postings, I like and have been using hand-sanded Forestones for a year now, but am not as confident regarding the new models and their respective graded strengths.

FWIW--I have re-graded my trial pak of 7 to be: (softest of hardest) F4, F2, F2.5, F3, F3.5, F5, & F4.5.

Post Edited (2010-05-11 17:35)

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