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Greenline Reed

Author: L. Omar Henderson
Date: 2002-02-26 02:07

I may be behind the curve (and often new products are the last to reach the U.S. or I am the last to find out about them) but just tried the new BG composite reed at the TMEA Show. Interesting - won't say bad or good until I have a chance to play it for a while under various conditions (and several reeds for comparison) but -- was initially impressed with the sound.

The reed is a composite of natural cane and plastic. Looks somewhat like a normal reed - slightly darker and more mottled but not weird. Like the Greenline I do not know if the natural product (grenadilla wood or in this case arundo donax) really alters the sound characteristics or the engineering (plastic composition) is especially formulated to mimic the real natural wood or cane. Any other comments on he new reed?
The Doctor

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