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Reeds in quarter step strength?

Author: Fuzzy
Date: 2017-08-11 18:35

Throughout most of my clarinetting life, sellers listed reeds in incremental half steps of hardness (1, 1 1/2, 2, 2 1/2, etc.)

I notice many discussions now indicating quarter steps in strength. Has this always been an option - or is this something new? If new - did it come about due to the synthetic reeds...or some other factor?

Final question: For those of you who use 1/4 step strengths - do you find consistency down to the 1/4, or do the reeds sometimes fluctuate up or down 1/4? (Meaning: sometimes when I open a box of #3 reeds, I get what I call "strong 3's" or "weak 3's" - internally, I've always figured they must be about 1/4 strength off...Do reeds ordered in the 1/4 strength hardness suffer this fluctuation?)

Thanks!
Fuzzy

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