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Re: Reed comparison - then and now Vandoren

Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2018-04-17 01:57

Just located a strash of my older reeds and will modify my statement on 70s reeds.

The older box (purple cardboard) I bought in April 1968, (Actually in Paris on my very first visit there) and it is these reeds that are unfiled i.e. the curved cut straight into the bark exists where the vamp starts.

Another box I bought in April 1971 are in the purple plastic box and these reeds have the bark cut across in a shallow straight line just before the vamp starts.

Both boxes are marked Medium / Moyennes 2 1/2 - 3
There are no strengths marked on the actual reeds

Looks like a manufacturing change occured sometime between 1968 and 1971

For the record the 1971 box has 10 new reeds in it but the 1968 has 6 and I remember now that I opened this box on 6 April 2008 the exact 40 th anniversary of their purchase and broke those 4 reeds in to use. From memory they were a little on the soft side so I used them with my VD Crystal A2 mouthpiece. My more regular choice is my Crystal A1.

Just realised as I typed this that I have just passed the 50th aniversary of purchasing the earlier box.
Doesn't time fly !
Must give them a 50th Birthday blow.

Post Edited (2018-04-17 01:58)

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