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Re: Synthetic Reeds

Author: William
Date: 2013-05-31 14:51

I think it is only a matter of time before someone wins a prestigius orchestral audition playing a synthetic reed--and then, the rest of us "lemmon" clarinet players will follow. The sound of a good synthetic reed is different, but I would suggest 'better' rather than inferior. It is all a process of leaning how to play the new reed. For me, it was almost instaneous. At a whim, I decided to try a recently received Forestone reed during the final rehearsal of "Peter and the Wolf" and put it on my Chicago Kaspar mouthpiece minutes before the downbeat. I was amazed at the ease I experianced chasing the cat up the tree arriving effortlessly at the high F#--which was usually much more "iffy" using my V12's. I used that reed for the ensuing performance the next day and have been using Forestone reeds ever since. For that performance, btw, even the concertmaster commented on the "good sound" of my clarinet. No one has ever said anything different and I have been playing synthetic for over four years in orchestras, concert bands and small ensembles exclusively.

Perhaps a word from a more prominent member of our BB would be good to hear....NYC premier clarinetist John Moses--care to comment on your Legere's?

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