Author: Brad Behn
Date: 2018-02-14 02:45
Thanks Tucker for your inquiry. I don't have plans at this time to introduce a bass reed because it is a massive project - one which to do correctly would take more resources of time than I have at the moment. I am currently very busy expanding inventory - much to come very soon...
In fact, what you have seen over the past 30 years is only a warm-up compared to what is to come...
I appreciate your interest in a bass reed, and I would like to remind you that I offer two bass mouthpieces (SONO and EPIC) which work very well on both Legere bass reeds strength 2.5, Tenor reeds strength 3, and Blue Box strength 3.
Furthermore, I have been collaborating with principal clarinetists of the Boston Symphony Bill Hudgins - who plays ARIA reeds - to add a second design. I have met with him frequently over the past several years on the ARIA project and he is very happy, however some of our ideas were left off the table to necessitate ARIA's production. Good ideas - and we are working to design another reed design which will enlist those additional concepts. More to come on that in the coming months.
Indeed fewer bass reeds would sell than Bb reeds, however I don't do things simply from a money perspective. I do things from inspiration. So when I have an idea I will pursue it. For example, I actually CNC manufacture bass and Eb mouthpieces, something to date that is not done by anyone else, as far as I know...although I am aware that D'Addario is in development stages of a bass mouthpiece which is coming soon. The resources of time and finances involved in designing and manufacturing a mouthpiece are significant, yet I did it. To be involved in creating something, a work of art, which comes from the heart has been and will continue to excite me, keep me youthful, and full of enthusiasm towards my love of the clarinet.
Your desire for a great bass reed is most appreciated and I appreciate your support. I promise that when I am ready, when I have the right design and manufacturing system to enable something special. I will make it. When I make something, my goal is simple. I want to introduce something which is new, unique, better...the best, and a work of art. I believe I have done just so with my mouthpieces, my patented design innovations, my quality of workmanship, and my accessories...to include reeds.
I appreciate your noticing.
Sincerely,
Brad Behn
http://www.clarinetmouthpiece.com
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