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Author: Filipe
Date: 2001-11-10 21:22
I don't know what to do with them, i have 15 brand new vandorens #3 1/ 2 and i don't know what to do with them(i'm using a V12 now), i lost the boxes, by the way. And I don't know anybody that plays a 3 1/2. Any ideas??
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Author: Benny
Date: 2001-11-11 00:22
I wouldn't buy reeds off of Ebay. If they are too strong you could sand them down with #400 grit sandpaper and/or use a reed knife, or if they are too thin you could try trimming the tips with a reed trimmer. By the way, how come you have 15 new 3.5 reeds if you don't play them?
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Author: Filipe T.
Date: 2001-11-11 17:03
I used to, but when my teacher showed me how good the V12s were, I stayed with the 12s.
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Author: Tom W
Date: 2006-02-13 18:43
I'd stop by a local high school and see if any of the students there could use them.
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Author: Bassie
Date: 2006-02-14 09:54
I always find if I keep 'em, they get better. Weird, but there you are.
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Author: bob49t
Date: 2006-02-14 16:41
Get an ATG system and use the reeds to practice balancing and finishing.
You might be surprised at their consistency over the V12's ! What was it ?one in every 3 boxes ? In fact just get an ATG system anyway. You'll prolong active reed life.
RT
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Author: Bill
Date: 2006-02-14 20:16
Regular-cut Vandoren reeds are excellent with older styles of mouthpieces. They are not inferior to V12s, but, rather, have a brighter sound with more edge. They have less warmth than V12s which, just as with people, can sometimes be fun.
Bill.
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Author: hartt
Date: 2006-02-14 23:30
dilemma solved.......send them to me. be a great birthday present ![[happy]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smiley12.gif)
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Author: D
Date: 2006-02-18 23:45
keep them, you might drop and smash your mouthpiece and the new one may then respond better to you extra 15 reeds, or (as happened to me) you might get a new clarinet which requires a different mouthpiece and therefore responds better to those reeds.
I have a 5RV on which I play rue lepic 56 3.5, a B40 which likes 3.0, and a BG mouthpiece (don't know the lay) which prefers the traditional cut. And they don't all like the same clarinet and the same weather conditions.
Don't think of them as a waste of money, think of them as the start of a great collection!
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Author: crnichols
Date: 2006-02-19 11:58
You may again change mouthpieces in your lifetime, and V12s may not work as well as traditional cut mouthpieces. Put them in the closet or something and hang on to them. The cane usually improves after a few years of storage also. After 6 or 7 years, it starts to get worse instead of better though.
Christopher Nichols
1st Infantry Division Band
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