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Re: Rico Reserve Classics

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2011-08-30 08:02

I was the designer of the Grand Concert reeds. Although I left the company several years ago I haven't measured the Reserve reeds. If you are getting a sqeaking sound it may be due to the rails being too thin; the sides of the reeds at the tip. There are a few reasons for this. The first is the reeds are too thin so take a reed clipper, shorten the reed just a touch and see if this helps. With thin rails it is also possible that the rails on your mouthpiece are too wide. Lastly the cane may have not aged properly so when you play the reeds the raills of the reeds get really soft once water hits them. The idea behind thin reeds is it makes the sound darker. I of course fully disagree with this. To play these reeds the mouthpiece should be a bit more open, pehaps around 1.08 to 1.10mm, with fairly thin rails on your MP.

By the way, send the bad reeds back to Rico and they will replace all of them. At least they did when I worked there. One time someone sent back about 1000 reeds he had saved over several years. Kind of funny!

Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces

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Post Edited (2011-09-09 04:04)

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