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Vandoren Packaging Error?

Author: SteveP
Date: 2015-09-02 00:48

Recently I noticed a problem with some Vandoren V-12 reeds from a box I just opened.

This was a box of V-12s (S4) that I had bought several months back with a number of other boxes, and it looked identical to the others. I opened the box and the reeds were packaged inside identically to other V12s. In rotation, however, I noticed that they played differently from my other reeds and seemed to be harder and sounded different.

On comparing them, I noticed that the thicknesses and profiles are different and they are stamped on the flat with black ink that says "Vandoren" rather than with the Brown ink that says "V-12" as on the other boxes. I have opened most of them by now and even though the boxes and wrappers are all V12 packaging, the reeds appear to be not V12s and may be the Traditional, though it is hard to tell.

This is the first time I had this happen, and at first I just assumed that they had changed the way they stamped the reeds, but now I think it is a packaging error.

It's not a big deal, but I thought my embouchure was going soft until noticed the difference.

Anybody have a similar experience?

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