Author: William
Date: 2010-06-05 15:15
Opps--I should have mentioned that I also have a Pomarico "Jazz" 1 crystal bass clarinet mouthpiece that plays very nicely--so well that I used it for almost a year. But I finally realized that my Grabner mpc played just a "little bit" better in terms of tone quality, dynamic flexability and response--especially on those G#5 & A5 notes.
Concerning reeds, up until last Thursday, I was playing Legere #3 reeds on my Grabner, but now am experimenting with the new Forestone bass clarinet reeds that Lars sent me. I played both the F3.5 & F2.5 during our 3 hour Capitol City Band rehearsal and was particularing impressed by the tone quality and eveness of response of these new reeds. They both started out a bit on the stiff side, but as they warmed up, began to play quite nicely for me and retained their resilience for the entire time I kept them on my mouthpiece. I will be playing the other two F2.5 & F3.5 reeds for this Sundays 3 hr rehearsal and suspect I will never go back to the Legeres. The superior tone quality of these new Forestones is what I like over the Legeres, plus the better response in the upper register. I also have a couple F4.5's that seemed too stiff for me to use, but I might tr them with my Pomarico Jazz and see how it goes. More later..........
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