Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2014-12-18 22:59
The reason is: Aging. I have many boxes of old reed brands/models, most of which were considered to have been mediocre or even downright crappy back when they were new, e.g Rico brown box, Charpen, Ciccone, Symmetricut, DiamondCut, etc., which I've found to be pretty decent now in various applications, since they're all 20-30 years old. Most of these were cut pretty thin and didn't work well when new, but now, having aged for decades, the cane seems to have compressed and 'densified' and can yield pretty good results on some mouthpieces.
In contrast, from time to time I break out new, top-of-the-line reeds from several makers of good repute (Vandoren, Rico Grand Concert, etc.) and have mostly been disappointed with how they feel/play/scrape, usually because the cane seems excessively soft and spongy -- which I attribute to insufficient aging rather than to the inherent quality of the cane itself.
I'm certainly not the first person to advocate buying reeds and then storing them for ten years or more before use, but I certainly will vouch for that practice if you have the luxury of doing so.
Just sayin'.........
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