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Gonzalez, FOF reeds

Author: nzdonald
Date: 2002-05-27 23:03

a while back i purchased a couple of boxes of these- worked on a box, had some success, changed mouthpieces, worked on another box, had more success....
last night i did a recording gig, played 1st clarinet for a contemporary opera (with about 3 days to learn the part, ouch!)... used a "For our Friends" #3.5 on a Zinner refaced to be "sort of like" a 5RVLyre.....
i was very pleased- i hadn't done much work at all on the reed, the one i used was about average "out of the box" with just a bit of touching up, it wasn't the "one in a million".... and it played really well from 4pm until 11.30pm at night. Soft/Loud/high/low fast tounging etc..... really quite nice.
just my experience- i've also reccently opened boxes of GC Thick Blank, Evolution, VAndoren classic and Zonda.... and look at it this way, i didn't feel motivated to rave about them and certainly didn't choose to do a recording on them....
donald

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RE: Gonzalez, FOF reeds

Author: GBK
Date: 2002-05-27 23:14

nzdonald...I've been saying for months the same thing you've just written about. The Gonzalez FOF reeds are definitely a brand to be tried and noticed.

I wrote a "review" back in January:

http://www.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=67098&t=67062

Since that time, I have been using them and preparing them with good success. The quality and consistency are still quite high in the boxes I've used since January. I wrote again in March:

http://www.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=71215&t=71159

It is comforting to know that I have an alternative brand of reed to fall back on when the Vandorens have their "moments"...GBK

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RE: Gonzalez, FOF reeds

Author: diz
Date: 2002-05-28 02:27

Donald - are these outrageously pricey (considering the NZ dollar is even crappier than its Aussie cousin)?

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RE: Gonzalez, FOF reeds

Author: L. Omar Henderson
Date: 2002-05-28 12:19

My own experience has also been favorable. The Davie Cane people are really nice to deal with and you get a sense that they are really trying to please by giving us more than one good reed per box! I've play tested both the Gonzalez and Mozart reeds from Davie Cane (about 2 boxes each) in the last several months and they were 80+ percent good playable reeds with better than average life spans. Definately worth a trial.
The Doctor

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RE: Gonzalez, FOF reeds

Author: Thomas Piercy
Date: 2002-05-28 20:21

In addition to their reeds, which I also liked, I have found their cane in tube form to be very good in making my own reeds. My specific cane needs were taken serioulsy by Mr. Gonzalez and I've been very happy with the results.
Tom Piercy
thomaspiercy.com

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