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synthetic Bass cl. reed strength chart

Author: Zenia
Date: 2010-12-13 19:22

There appears to be a lot of anecdotal information with regard to comparing BC synthetic reeds but I'm unable to find a simple strength chart devoted to just synthetic reeds. In fact I've been unsuccessful in trying to find a strength chart that sets out just BC reeds, cane or synthetic. Am I looking in the wrong places or does such information exist?

The specific reeds I'm interested in are Legere, Bari Star, Fibracel and of course the Forestone when it becomes available.

Many thanks.

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Re: synthetic Bass cl. reed strength chart

Author: SteveG_CT
Date: 2010-12-13 20:47

Here's one from Legere that has bass reeds:
http://www.legere.com/index.php?page=strength-charts

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Re: synthetic Bass cl. reed strength chart

Author: Zenia
Date: 2010-12-13 21:27

The problem with the Legere chart is that it doesn't appear to compare their bass reeds with other manufacturers' cane or synthetic bass reeds. I'm not sure it makes sense to compare a bass reed with a soprano reed as their chart suggests.

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Re: synthetic Bass cl. reed strength chart

Author: SteveG_CT
Date: 2010-12-13 22:10

The chart doesn't suggest comparing bass reeds to soprano reeds. Each one of the rows for Legere reeds is on a separate scale. The row for legere bass reeds is scaled so that it compares to the bass reeds of the other manufacturers.

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