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RE: Davie Cane: Mozart Reeds

Author: nzdonald
Date: 2002-11-05 10:00

the best way for you to buy them from Aussieland is to get them from The Doctor, he has the cheapest freight charges.
i really like the Gonzalez reeds, and find that while i need to do quite a bit of work on the MOzarts to get them to go for me- this is rewarded by longevity and a fabulous "tonal depth". For both of these reeds (M plus FOF) i find "breaking in" to be crucial (wet/drying/flattening type process) and continued polishing of both the upper and lower surfaces of the reed to be important. Generally every box i've got of the FOF reeds has had some reeds that played well with little or no adjustment, but the rest have been playable with minum adjustment.
Previously with Vandoren and Rico GC reeds i found "breaking in" and "polishing" to be of dubious advantage. "Breaking in" usually resulted me missing out on the reed having maximum "ping"... by the time i used it for anything important it was losing its pliability. Polishing the vamp etc never seemed to achieve anything. But with these reeds both "traditions' seem to have some result and now make sense.
donald

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