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Author: Simon
Date: 2002-05-18 20:51
Hello all.
These past couple weeks I have been very frustrated with reeds [until sunday I had 4 "great ones" and then one day they all died]; Ive been working on breaking in 10 for the past 2 days, and none of them are anywhere near good. I am currently playing on the standard Vandoren #4s with a pyne Bel Canto mouthpiece and R-13, if that helps. Can any one suggest a brand of reed that could work well with the set up I have? Which brand is more consistent?
Thanks for you help!
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Author: Carol
Date: 2002-05-19 00:15
I am using Marca #3 reeds, they are working well for me.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2002-05-19 00:29
Ah, maybe this is too easy, but why not email Jim Pyne and ask what he thinks are good matches to his mouthpieces?
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Author: Pam
Date: 2002-05-19 02:36
I don't know where you are from. Lately we have had a lot of rain in NE Ohio and it seems that right about the same time most of my reeds have turned into stinkers as well. Don't know if they are related or just because I have been playing on the same bunch of reeds for a while anyway.
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Author: Melanie
Date: 2002-05-19 03:04
I have found that changes in weather do have a pretty big affect on my reeds. My teacher actually has reeds that work in dry weather and different reeds that work in wet weather.
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Author: David Dow
Date: 2002-05-19 22:33
Humidity will make reeds alot harder and tend to mute the sound...break a new reeed in slowly for 10 minutes a day for 4 days and then gradually play more. At first no staccatto and only held sounds pp and form there on each day a little more sound...also don't play high notes above high 3rd ledger line on treble clef. By day 5 you should have more success with a more durable and slowly broken in cane. Europeans tend to work reed in slowly and colleagues of mine in France have good success using this method. At first If a reed is hard adjust it with a reed knife and then break it in.
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Author: Jerry McD
Date: 2002-05-20 21:27
My routine for breaking in reeds is very similar to David D's. I only play on them for about 5 minutes a day for 2 or 3 days...I don't do anything to them until after a couple of short playings. At this point I will flatten them as necessary (no work on the vamp yet) and will play them for short periods for a couple more days... flatten them again. At this point hopefully they should be done warping. After 4 of 5 days of short playing and at least one flattening (I use 600 sandpaper on a piece of glass) I will begin the process of balancing the facings. I find that if I can force myself to be patient through this process I can get 2 or 3 performance reeds and 6-8 playable reeds out of a box of V.D's. I think the greatest benefit from breaking the reeds in slowly is they are more stable when you begin full-time playing on them.
Good luck and happy hunting!
Jerry McD.
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Author: FT
Date: 2002-05-23 21:43
Or try using the Vandoren V12 (I'm "very satified" with them) (I'm never satisfied with my reeds! lol)
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Author: jblair
Date: 2002-05-24 02:12
maybe you need to work on shaving and adjusting them.
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