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Re: Switching from a V5 Lrye to M15

Author: NBeaty
Date: 2010-10-15 01:36

REEDS:
What reeds are you using? You should, as mentioned above, try a new box of reeds of what you usually use and see how that goes. If needed, you should try a half strength stronger if it feels like the reed is closing off or out of control.

Personal thought regarding "really hard" reed comment:

I would never play, or recommend, someone play a "really hard" reed. I own vandorens in a wide range of facings (From the discontinued M14 to an M30 with 4 or 5 models in between) and wouldn't play anything stronger than a 3.5 blue box on any of them(personally). Some would require a strong 3 even. I could play a 4 or 4.5 on some, but would be working much harder with minimal improvement in sound and a great decrease in ease of response and flexibility.

Vandoren quality:

I would hesitate to say the material is "poor". I would say that there are other mouthpiece blanks that are higher in quality though...

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