Author: Bobo
Date: 2007-06-20 17:36
I ordered a couple of different reeds from Advantage a couple of years ago when I was just starting to play again so I could break in my embouchure before starting to make my own reeds again...my general experience was that the soft reeds were good for tooting around on and getting back into the swing without worrying too much about tone, but that the harder pro reeds required fiddling with to bring out their qualities...the Dunkel pro reed I bought, in particular, needed chopping down and scraping the back to bring it up to pitch and playability, but then it was a very fine reed indeed that served me well over a long period of time...i agree with CJ about the length of time, though on rare, rare occasions I get a reed that, with rotation and proper cleaning, seems to just last forever...i think it's in the unique properties of the particular piece of cane that results in a combination of resonance, strength and resilience...if you could bottle it you'd be golden. i can't really explain it otherwise. sometimes i get awesome reeds that are only awesome once, like a shooting star in the night. anyway, regarding buying reeds, i'm a real skeptic that you can get consistent quality without having to significantly adjust the reeds and if you're already doing that, you might as well just make 'em.
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