Author: maxopf
Date: 2015-02-16 22:13
yaseungkim: My teacher plays V12s exclusively in a professional orchestra, so it's possible to get a number of good reeds in a box if you break them in right and adjust them to your specifications.
I've been using Peter Leuthner reeds lately, which I love. They have a link on their website to a PDF with some adjustment tips, if your son wants to experiment with adjusting reeds to make them more to his liking. Warning - it will take time and some totally destroyed reeds before he gets the hang of it, so have him practice on some bad reeds first.
http://www.plclass.com/plc06/dow/22.pdf
(Edit: The PDF is likely translated from German, so some of it can be a little confusing. When it says "Here you can try to clamp in the reed a bit more towards the mouthpiece slot to see if it will become heavier," they mean you should position the reed further up than you usually do. The reed tip should overhang the mouthpiece tip slightly.)
Post Edited (2015-02-17 10:54)
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