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Author: zhangray4
Date: 2017-07-14 21:30
yeah basically the "eu" part is pronounced the German way. Like if you say "Deutschland"
-- Ray Zhang
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Author: MichaelW
Date: 2017-07-15 00:58
Hannoverans would pronounce it “S-toyer”; we non- Hannoverans say they there „s-tolpern über einen s-pitzen S-tein” and would pronounce it “Shtoyer”
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2017-07-15 01:53
Shtoyer.
I had to ask a German colleague how to pronounce Hüyng (as in Harald Hüyng) - that's pronounced Hoo'-ing.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2017-07-15 02:57
toy-er with an s in front of it! S-toyer. In the old days when the reeds were made in East Germany, 1946, Stew-er. But the reeds are being made in France now.
Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces
Yamaha Artist 2015
Post Edited (2017-07-17 00:21)
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Author: jthole
Date: 2017-07-15 09:04
I didn't know it was a former East German brand ... I had guessed Elzassian.
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Author: nellsonic
Date: 2017-07-15 12:02
I pronounce it as "so much better than Vandoren", but that's just me....
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Author: dorjepismo ★2017
Date: 2017-07-15 19:48
In the '70s, they had at least a facility on the German side of the Bodensee, but they've since moved to France. The stereotype is that Germans build good clocks and the French know how to live. They already made good reeds, so why not move to where they know how to live?
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Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2017-07-17 00:47
A brief history - It's been family owned since the 1940's. So, as the generations pass on and are handed down, a few years ago one of the family members, the great grandson decided to move the company to where they've grown the cane, the Var region in France since day one. 2 families own the company. the Donati family took the factory in East Germany, then the Wall came down, thus Germany, and moved it to France.
They also employed the reed designer of Vandoren about 3 or 4 years ago to design some great French cut reeds. He had been with Vandoren for about 40 plus years I think. Marc Charpenter.
There is much more to this story and it was published in the Clarinet Magazine last year, written by Paul Globus. The reeds were handmade at first and only available for the German cut; the German clarinetists.
The company of course still supports the strong German market and they make reeds for players such as Sabine Meyer. These Var cane fields have been around since the 1940's, so the cane is excellent. It gets better all of the time as decades pass on and on.
Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces
Yamaha Artist 2015
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Author: jthole
Date: 2017-07-17 11:39
Very interesting ... which Steuer reeds would correspond most to Vandoren Traditional 3.5 reeds (Bb clarinet)?
Edit: just found this http://steuer-reeds.eu/en/tableau-des-forces/
Post Edited (2017-07-17 11:44)
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Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2017-07-18 06:41
I'd personally go with a 3 1/2. If you wish to email me the Steuer company allows me to send a reed out as a sample. You can thank the Steuer company!
Seriously, I don't want people buying a box of reeds which are the wrong strengths. I feel confident that a 3 1/2 would fit well.
Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces
Yamaha Artist 2015
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