Author: Simon Aldrich
Date: 2021-05-09 04:37
I play Eb as well as principal in my orchestra. I have not tried Brad Behn's Eb mpcs, but the BD5 is the best Eb mpc I have played.
There are several reasons for this.
Firstly, the window is wider and takes unadjusted narrow Bb reeds (aside from the butt cut off, if you do not have a modified barrel).
Secondly the sound is warmer and wider, without any loss of focus.
Thirdly, the high notes come out well and in tune (not always the case with a mpc sporting a deep baffle.)
Fourthly, the twelfths are good and the throat tones are not flat.
Fifthly, and this is HUGE point, the BD Eb mpc sounds excellent with the Legere Euro Eb reed. The previous Legere Eb reed was so wretched, I never thought I would see a good synthetic Eb reed in my lifetime!
We were playing Till Eulenspiegel and I was playing Eb. A colleague was extolling the virtues of the Legere Euro Eb reed but I was skeptical. He brought in his Euro Eb reed the next day and I tried it. It blew all my cane Eb reeds out of the water!
I bought three Legere Euro Eb 3.0 reeds. One is excellent, one is very good, and the other doesn't play at all.
Simon
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