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Author: ginny
Date: 2006-02-24 02:56
So my son went to buy tenor sax reeds (playing most of 2/3s of 2nd book in Kiss Me Kate) and the local shop keep claimed he could for sanitary reasons only sell boxes of reeds in Southern California. Sounds fishy to me. Anyone ever heard of this?
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Author: Bnewbs
Date: 2006-02-24 04:17
I always buy by the box, but that sounds pretty rediculous.
Ben
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Author: EEBaum
Date: 2006-02-24 05:40
Unless that's a very new law, it's bogus. Plenty of stores in the area are glad to sell you single Ricos and sometimes Vandoren.
There's one shop in particular ("out of stock" of V12 3 1/2 for five years running) that I wouldn't be surprised to hear that from, even given the rico single reed dispensers behind the counter.
There aren't too many good shops in so cal, unfortunately, though you can generally find one half-decent place for each essential. If you're shopping for guitars or keyboards, though, we have plenty of that.
-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2006-02-24 12:11
On the other hand, SoCal is a mecca for automobiles and everything associated with them (parts, services, restorations, etc.) Who cares about reeds?
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Author: BobD
Date: 2006-02-24 12:30
You can't buy a single stick of chewing gum either. Perhaps the store just doesn't want to be bothered with single reed sales.
Bob Draznik
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Author: Shorthand
Date: 2006-02-24 12:41
If I ran a shop, I'd be a little hesitant to sell Vandorens or other high-end reeds as singles, allowing inspection. Someone who knows what they're doing can eliminate about half or more of the vandorens by sight and only leave bad ones for the next customer.
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2006-02-24 13:25
My shop sells singles. The salesperson grabs one out of the box, takes it out of its plastic sleeve, inspects them optically, puts it back into the sleeve and sells it. No self-service here.
I noticed that nine singles cost as much as a box of ten. But you get nine mechanically good reeds.
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Ben
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Author: clarinets1
Date: 2006-02-24 16:01
the shop i work in sells single reeds. it's a pain, and people really do save more money by just buying a box, HOWEVER, when they just want to experiment with different brands or strengths, there is a perfectly valid logic behind just wanting a couple. you wouldn't buy a pair of shoes without trying them on first, right?
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2006-02-24 16:26
clarinets1 wrote:
> HOWEVER, when
> they just want to experiment with different brands or
> strengths, there is a perfectly valid logic behind just wanting
> a couple. you wouldn't buy a pair of shoes without trying them
> on first, right?
If the same brand & model of shoes varied considerably from pair to pair, how would you make a reasonable choice based upon a one or two pair sample?
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Author: clarinets1
Date: 2006-02-24 17:23
good point. i was trying to make a "real-life" analogy.
guess i can't.
i figured that someone was going to say that though.
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Author: 3dogmom
Date: 2006-02-24 20:47
Isn't it usually the case that the lower-end reeds are available singly, and the more pricey brands by the box? In MA, anyway. If kids had to buy a box, they'd quit the clarinet.
Sue Tansey
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Author: Bassie
Date: 2006-02-27 06:43
I can't see why a store would make this up, though - stores round our way make a big mark-up on single reed sales, and the ability to buy individual reeds is one of the few reasons to go retail in this age of on-line sales.
I reckon two reeds is a fair sample of a brand. If you don't get on with either of them, I reckon that's a bad sign. If I buy two Vandorens, I usually get at least one good one and one worth keeping for practice. What constitutes a 'good' brand depends on how you play the instrument.
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Author: BobD
Date: 2006-02-27 11:53
Watched "Jaws" on tv the other night and had forgotten all about the opening scene with the kid trying reeds at the music store.
Bob Draznik
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Author: Don Poulsen
Date: 2006-02-27 14:11
Buying single reeds sure made sense when I recently started playing contrabass. At nearly $10 apiece, I sure didn't want to buy an entire box until I was sure of the strength that I wanted.
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