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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 1999-08-11 23:13
Daniel wrote:
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Mark Charette wrote:
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I played a couple of Essers a while back. Very good sound - but _very_ hard compared with VDs. An Esser 1 1/2 was the equivalent of a VD 12 #3.
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You sure about that Mark? I have a box of 5's, and they were only slightly harder than the 4.5's i was playing on last year. Now, my new Kaspar doesn't have the right curve to play such hard reeds.... so i don't use my Morrés or my 4.5's anymore. And the Essers are FAR too hard now...
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Yup, I'm sure. They were the Steuer Essers that are made for (WW&Bw? Weiner? I forget). I was playing VD 12 3s at the time, and showed up for a lesson without a good reed. My teacher had me try those. Felt like someone put a popsicle stick in there when I tried a 2 1/2. We dropped back until I was comfortable again. I'm pretty positive it was a 1 1/2
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Hiroshi |
1999-08-11 04:38 |
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Mark Charette |
1999-08-11 12:07 |
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Daniel |
1999-08-11 22:52 |
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RE: Steuer Esser reeds new |
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Mark Charette |
1999-08-11 23:13 |
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Daniel |
1999-08-12 04:02 |
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Arnold the basset hornist |
1999-08-12 07:03 |
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Arnold the basset hornist |
1999-08-13 06:22 |
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diane k. |
1999-08-14 04:21 |
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