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Author: Lee
Date: 2002-11-12 23:27
Is it just me? because when I play my hawkins with a V12#4 it plays like a 3, and when I put that same reed on my 5RVlyre13 its really resistant. I just wanted to know if anyone else have also notice that? Also hawkins said the V12#4 is the recomended reed but that feels really soft compaired to my old resitant setup. what should do just go to a 4 12, or just deal with the recomended strenght?
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Author: Jean
Date: 2002-11-13 00:37
I play V12's with a Hawkins and a Joie Jolie ligature but don't play on reeds that strong. I think this falls under the personal preference category. I am always having people telling me to play on much harder reeds but find it just too darn difficult to play.
Jean
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Author: Campbell M.
Date: 2002-11-14 21:02
Yes, I really prefer V12 4 1/2's on my Hawkins, but I have played on some that work better with 4's. Mine works well with 4's in a smaller group. And to think...before I used this I was a staunch proponent of the 3 1/2's and a 5rv lyre, and I can't say that my current setup is necessarily more resistant. It's just a matter of the construction of each individual mouthpiece and reed.
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Author: James
Date: 2002-11-18 07:48
For my Hawkins "b" serious.. I have use Vandoren V12 four's. They are just right. Perhaps maybe you used a really really hard reed when you picked out the mouthpiece so you inadvertently (did i spell that right?) picked out a more free blowing mouthpiece. Perhaps your clarinet isn't resistant as maybe the horns hawkins makes those mouthpieces on? Billion different reasons why that could be the way it is. Just go up on strenth if you think it may work. anyone can recommend anything, in the long run it is what works for you.
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