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Re: white master eb reeds?

Author: Jeroen
Date: 2022-05-03 11:44

Hunter_100 wrote:
>
> Anyway, the point of my original question was to see if anyone
> had tried the eb white masters, because I am curious to see how
> they work and I don't want to spend $40+ to find out they don't
> fit on my clarinet mouthpiece. Vandoren's website has no
> information about the strengths, widths or cut profiles of the
> white master reeds, which I find odd since they have strength
> recommendations for all their other reeds/mouthpieces.

The Eb White Masters are very narrow and will not fit to French style Eb mouthpieces like Vandoren B40.

However there is an option to use Bb White Masters (Traditional). You have to shorten the reed at the butt to match the shorter table. The reeds are quite stiff on French facings so think about strengths around 2.5.

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