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Re: Reed questions for the E-flat

Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2012-12-11 02:39

It's easy and cheap to get something to clip off the butt of the reed. Go to Home Depoit or Lowes in the garden section and buy a small branch or twig pruner. You should get one for less than $10. I've used that for many years, works well on my small tigs well too. As far as $40 a box, I haven't bought a box of those reeds but that sound like much too much to me. Have you priced them on several of the mail order stores. Weiners, Woodwind, Muncy? I used Bb reeds many times, cliping off the butt but leaving the sides wide. Our Eb player uses the Black Master Bb reeds when he doesn't make his own. Sometimes you have to use a slightly softer reed on Eb than you do on clarinet to get the flexibilty but it's so different for each player and each mouthpiece. You just have to experiment somewhat. No easy answer.

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