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Author: Nathan
Date: 2002-08-25 02:58
anyone ever heard of or tried these reeds?
they are french made and i might buy a box of #3's. any opinions on them?
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Author: Francesca
Date: 2002-08-25 03:29
I try to use Glotins whenever I can get a box of them. I've found that they play rather hard. This means that Glotin #3's will probably play more like Vandoren #3.5 or #4, for example. Enjoy!
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Author: Brian Peterson
Date: 2002-08-25 12:41
I've purchased a few boxes of Glotin off of e-bay over the past year. I thought they have played pretty well. FYI the ones in yellow box are GIII and the blue boxed ones are known as Gaia. The GIII's have played better for me. I concur on the "hardness" factor noted above.
Best wishes.
Brian Peterson
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Author: richard
Date: 2002-08-25 18:54
I was standing at the counter of the soon to be late and already lamentd NYC WW&BW store, when another customer started talking about Glotin reeds. He had just returned from France, where, he said, everybody was using Glotin. Inspired by his enthusiam and his story of French frenzy about the product, I bought a box. A good reed with good cane, but I did find them hard.
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Author: L
Date: 2002-08-26 00:50
They sound good at first, but I find they don't last very long.
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Author: javier garcia
Date: 2002-08-26 12:58
I've bought a box #3 and I've use a couple of them. I agree about the hardness, very good sound, round and less bright than Vandoren.
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Author: graham
Date: 2002-08-27 15:03
I have only tried Giaia. I like them. Depending on mouthpiece I use 3s or 3 1/2s. Not that loud compared to a Vandoren, but much more refined in my view.
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Author: Aussie Nick
Date: 2004-08-18 13:55
I am using some Glotin Gaia reeds at the moment and am finding them to be a worthwhile change to V12's. What is the difference between the Gaia and GIII's?
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Author: graham
Date: 2004-08-18 16:57
I have only used the Gaia, so I should at least try the other type. They (Gaia) are my reed of choice for one of my mouthpieces producing a sinewy and vibrant sound, with the ability to load up the volume without getting thin or too harsh (on that mouthpiece, short fairly closed lay). On other mouthpieces they are a little prone to buzziness, but I think they might suit many people over many mouthpiece types. I find they last a good time. They blow quite resitantly. They seem softer than they prove to be over an entire session. They can be tiring to play. They need a good deal of warming up each time. The sound is not coherent until the reed is well warmed and wetted. This is true even from new, so not too good in situations where warm up time is lacking.
They are the kind of reed that grows on you so don't judge them from the first few notes.
I have tried the yellow box bass clarinet Glotin and I suppose I might try that again, but I found it thin sounding and temperamental to play.
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Author: CPW
Date: 2004-08-18 18:45
tried em
didnt much like em
seemed dull and lifeless
prefer Gonzies and V12s and Rigotonis (latter with clam sauce)
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Author: D Dow
Date: 2004-08-19 16:03
The Glotin I found very nice in the recording studio but a bit dull in the Concert hall....they sound nice but need more adjustment than the Vandoren reeds...which is not a good thing!!!
David Dow
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Author: Iceland clarinet
Date: 2007-11-24 21:59
I bought 9 of the old boxes of GIII's(the one in the hard yellow box not the soft one) very cheap in a store that were discontinuing them next to the Strike in Copenhagen in Denmark.And playing for about 3 and up to 6 hours each day the first 2 boxes last me about 4 months which is better than Vandoren and about the same as Gonzalez and I could use all of them and most like 10 were concert quality and 10 were rehersal quality. No one of them were just practice/scale quality. #3.5 are a bit harder than Vandoren 3.5 at first but they do get softer in first 3-4 days but then they are extreamly stable. But I do remember trying their Gaia 50 and they were really bad.They were in soft boxes and maybe they were better in the hard boxes. Could anyone that has tried the GIII'S both in hard and soft boxes tell me if there is a difference thanks.
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Author: C2thew
Date: 2007-11-25 17:07
had a couple of #3s. played like 3.5s. there was a lot of resistance and the reed didn't break much sound out as other brands i've tried. not my taste.
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. they are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which was already but too easy to arrive as railroads lead to Boston to New York
-Walden; Henry Thoreau
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Author: beejay
Date: 2007-11-25 18:34
Stores here in Paris tell me that Glotin have ceased making clarinet reeds, while continuing production of double reeds. If, as these posts suggest, Glotin reeds are again becoming available, that would be good news indeed, because I have always found them to be consistent and long-lived, as well as having a correctly rounded tip for my Charles Bay mouthpiece. VD reeds are cut slightly more square, I suppose to go with VD mouthpieces.
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Author: graham
Date: 2007-11-27 06:55
problem is most of these posts are from 2002, so if Glotin stopped making reeds in the last year or so, Beejay, that is not inconsistent with these posts.
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Author: Iceland clarinet
Date: 2007-11-27 08:40
The question to me is if Glotin has stopped making single reeds then why are they still shown on their homepage?
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Author: beejay
Date: 2007-11-27 11:17
That's the question I have too, Iceland Clarinet. The site may be old as well. I was in the music store yesterday and bought a box of Gaiaa (No. 3) The assistant told me it was the last he had in stock and that no more were expected. I'll call Glotin directly later and report back on the situation. One thing I particularly liked about the Gaia reeds was that you could specify not only the reed strength but also the degree of hardness, which made them pretty consistent.
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Author: L. Omar Henderson
Date: 2007-11-27 23:09
The Glotin single reed making machines were sold to Rico over a year ago. Check out the Rico site under news for the details.
L. Omar Henderson
www.doctorsprod.com
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Author: Iceland clarinet
Date: 2007-11-28 06:36
OH :((((((( Now I don't know what reed I should play. I like the Xilema professional but not as much as the Glotin and they are also more expensive.
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Author: beejay
Date: 2007-11-28 07:04
Well, Glotin do not answer their telephone and have not replied to my e-mail asking for information. Judging, therefore, from Omar's post, it seems that they are no longer in the business of making single reeds, other than supplying blanks. A pity.
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Author: Iceland clarinet
Date: 2007-11-28 08:49
Well I have 6 boxes left plus 1 that I opened on Sunday. Then I ordered 10 last boxes from Bill Lewington in UK so I will have enough for the next 2 1/2 - 3 years
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Author: Iceland clarinet
Date: 2007-12-08 13:40
Hmmm I got the reeds today and they are different than the ones I had. The once I had have Rose de Var on the box and a sticker over the G marking GIII. The once I got have no sticker over the G just GIII without any sticker and no Rose de Var and on the side stands eather Musique de chambre or Orchestra. The once without Rose de Var on the box have shorter shoulders and tha scraping is much closer to the bark not forming V like the once with Rose de Var marked on the box. I also notice that the once I got(Without Rose de Var on the box) are a little bit more resistant(Not darker just don't project as much).
I also saw on the Bill Lewington site were I bought them that they have also version called GIII Chamber. Could it be that I got them or something?
Are there many version of the GIII that Glotin made ?
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