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RE: 5RV and reed strength

Author: Fred
Date: 2001-07-24 02:27

I'd like to add something to Sylvain's comments. Most of us understand the basic differences between a large tip opening (Vandoren B-45) and a small tip opening (5RV). I was pretty ignorant about facing lengths until I played a mp that I knew played quite well for someone else . . . and I couldn't get a sound out of it.

I played a Vandoren 5RV for years and now play a refaced Buffet/Ched mp. These mp's, I believe, both have a short facing length, but the mp I couldn't play had a very long facing length. The primary reason for my inability to play it was that I didn't take enough mp into my mouth. Therefore, the pressure points of the embouchure were over a softer part of the reed that was unsupported by the lay. Had I chosen to take more mp in, the pressure points would have contacted a stiffer portion of the reed and wouldn't have closed off. (The player that played well on the mp was also a bass player . . . takes lots of mp in.)

The point is . . . it may be possible to play a 5RV with softer reeds if you take a lot of mp into your mouth. You would then contact the reed where it is more fully supported by the lay and also at a stiffer portion of the cane. I think this might work. All theoretical, however . . . I haven't tested it.

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