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Re: Changing Reeds - redux

Author: Ed
Date: 2017-08-11 15:43

A number of years back I purchased a large stock of old purple box Vandoren reeds from late 70s-early 80s. They were all #5 and played great. When I purchased some newer VD in #5 they were so hard that they were completely unusable. Perhaps the older reeds softened some over time, but I think that the grading system changed significantly. It seemed that anything over a certain strength ended up in the 5 bin and most would barely vibrate at all.

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