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Re: Mouthpiece for V12 5 reeds?

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2016-04-05 19:10

Well, OK, I'll ask the question then. Why are you so enamored of a #5 reed when you have haven't gotten it to play well on any mouthpiece you've tried? What is it that you like about V12 #5?

In my experience most players who use #5s of any Vandoren model are treating them as nearly finished blanks. The strength leaves enough to allow balancing and other fine-tuning without as much risk of collapsing the reed in the process. They like the core sound, not necessarily the response.

Are you trying to use the #5s out of the box? I have tried many of the close-tipped designs on the market, and I personally wouldn't/couldn't play on a #5 *out of the box* on any of them (Traditional, V-12 or 56 Rue lepic). And, IMO, the current #5 Vandorens are somewhat harder than the old #5s from the era when there was only one Vandoren model (the original "traditional" thin-blank version) and many players in the Philly area used them on their Chedeville mouthpieces. Even Gigliotti, who was a died-in-the-wool #5 Vandoren player, switched to #4.5 V12s when they came out. I recently used the last of some #5 traditional reeds I had left over from the 1980s, and they were much more playable than any #5 I've played more recently.

In general, you should, IMO, pick the reed for the mouthpiece, not the other way around.

Karl

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