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Re: white master eb reeds?

Author: Hunter_100
Date: 2022-05-02 18:36

EbClarinet, what mouthpiece do you play on?

Not that it matters much on a global forum, but I'm in the US too. When I said "French" style mouthpiece I was referring to the regular style as opposed to the German mouthpieces that the White Master reeds are designed for. For the Bb ones, the German mouthpieces take narrower reeds but I have yet to find any discussions on the Eb German mouthpiece sizes. I assume they are smaller?

I play a Vandoren B40 mouthpiece on my Eb now. For most of this year I have been using Vandoren Traditional 3.5 Eb reeds, but I have just started trying the V12s. 3.5 was too stiff for those, and I have think the 3 is more similar to the 3.5 traditional in my opinion.

I like the traditional reeds a lot when they are fairly dry, but after I play them for 30 mins or so, they get soggy and the altissimo notes get a lot harder to play in tune. So far I think the V12s are working better in this regard, but I have only been playing them for 2 weeks now.

Allen

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