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Author: Matt S
Date: 2001-05-21 21:46
Hey have any of you tried the new Pete Fountain Reeds by Marca? HOw about Oliveri and Daniel's Reeds? always have my mind open to new ideas. Who knows they mite be better or more consistent than V12's eh? lOl well thanks in advance
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Author: David Kinder
Date: 2001-05-22 05:24
I tried the Oliveri reeds a few years ago. I remember liking them, but only secondary to my Rico Grand Concert Thick Blank 4 1/2. I personally rate them between Rico Royal and Vandoren (blue box).
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Author: Jonathan
Date: 2001-05-22 13:09
Personally speaking, I use Vandoren Classic reeds. Work much better on my mouthpiece (Viotto B3 with a french cut - fantastic mouthpiece if i might say so) than the V12s. Used to use Daniels - still do occasionally. In my opinion they are harder to fix than the vandorens, ------ but ------ the best reed i've ever played on in my life was actually a Daniels. I think that if you're the type of person that can be bothered spending a little more time on your reeds then Daniels are definitely the way to go. (Of course if V12s work better on your mouthpiece then Daniels may not) Anyway hope this helps - sorry haven't tried any of the other reeds you mentioned.
Jonathan Farquhar
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Author: Mark Pinner
Date: 2001-05-23 00:21
Marca reeds are very popular in Europe filling the same position in the pecking order as Mitchell Lurie standards/ Rico Royal etc. in other words a mid price reed. Oliveri and Glotin although not that populat arent bad if you can get a consistent supply. Glotin reed cane in its various forms is popular with double reed players.
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Author: jerry
Date: 2001-05-23 11:23
Don't see how you guys use #4, #4-1/2, etc. I've been using #2-1/2 ML reeds for eight months now. I tried a Vandoren #3 last night and I cannot get much out of it without blowing till I'm red in the face, and I run out of breath after about a measure-and-a-half of quarter notes.
My teacher has not said to move up yet but he did say that it would be soon -- when we start using the register key and that is in about two more pages in the Rubank book (probably about six weeks at my pace). Besides this BB, the only excitement I get from my new-found hobby (clarineting), is when we get to turn the page in the Rubank book -- looking forward to playing a *song*.
~ jerry
Still in Clarinet Boot Camp
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2001-05-23 12:51
jerry - it depends a lot on the mouthpiece. In general the smaller the tip opening and the longer the lay the harder the reed.
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Author: Dee
Date: 2001-05-24 02:57
jerry wrote:
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> Don't see how you guys use #4, #4-1/2, etc. I've been
> using #2-1/2 ML reeds for eight months now. I tried a Vandoren
> #3 last night and I cannot get much out of it without blowing
> till I'm red in the face, and I run out of breath after about a
> measure-and-a-half of quarter notes.
As Mark has said it depends on the mouthpiece for one thing.
I just wanted to comment that going from a Mitchell Lurie 2 1/2 to a Vandoren 3 is too big a jump to go all at once. That Vandoren 3 is the equivalent of a Mitchell Lurie 3 1/2. In the middle range of reeds, here are the equivalences.
ML 2 = Vandoren 1.5
ML 2.5 = Vandoren 2
ML 3 = Vandoren 2.5
ML 3.5 = Vandoren 3
ML 4 = Vandoren 3.5
Outside these middle ranges, they don't quite line up so nicely. For example, the ML 4.5 is only a hair harder than their #4. It's nowhere near a Vandoren #4 in strength although from the middle range of reeds one might expect it to be.
So you might have had much better success going to an ML 3 or Vandoren 2.5
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Author: jerry
Date: 2001-05-25 00:25
Well no wonder!
Thanks Dee (et al), I was not aware of the ML vs Van. disparity.........will check out the Van 2.5.
~ jerry
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