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Re: Reeds

Author: spikey1973
Date: 2023-07-19 00:52

@musikat

After my thread on a good beginner MP, I was guided towards the Behn overture and Fobes Debut (can I be correct, that it was you that gave me that info, or at least posted in that thread) and also was mentioned that the Behn Aria reeds were Ideal for those MP's.
After looking at european availability of the MP, I choose to go for the Clark Fobes MP. Afterwards I asked Clark, where I could obtain those Aria reeds. He then Informed me that the Aria reeds are actually produced by Pilgenstorfer in Austria under the type name "Dolce - Boehm". as you have tried as you mentioned. According towhat you stated, this now seems at least slightly incorrrect.

Besides the Dolce line, Pilgenstorfer also makes "Solist-dt", "Classic-Wide", "Basso-Bass" and "Morre-Bass". They also sell mix boxes to test out the different reeds in Medium and Soft grades. Maybe the Solist-dt or one of the others you didn't try yet could be more to your liking?

It is sold in the US by Clark Fobes (as mentioned) and in Europe by Thomann.de
Personally I am REALLY happy with my fobes debut icm with the Dolce 3, but the adviced hardness for the MP would be 3.5, But I don't manage that properly yet.

Anyway this is ofcourse not the aswer you are looking for but I hope this information is at least a little helpfull to you.

Kind greats

Matthieu

Post Edited (2023-07-19 00:58)

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