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Reed Theory

Author: Ryan K
Date: 2008-08-06 03:57

I currently play a Clark Fobes Cicero 13, and I am continually unhappy with the strength of reed I find.
For discussion sake, I'm going to stick within the Vandoren brand, and stay away from sound quality of the reeds.

The reeds that I've tried on this piece so far are V12 3.5, V56 3.5+, and VTraditional 3.5.
The V12's felt the closest, but something I couldn't identify try felt off. I then tried the 56's, which felt closer, but still not perfect. Continuing, as par the Vandoren reed comparison chart, I tried the VTraditional reeds, and found them much to hard.

All of these reeds were given proper break through periods, and I used at least a box of each.

So my question is thus: When selecting reeds, should I air on ones that are softer or harder. By softer I don't mean too soft, but simply a softer read within the mouthpieces acceptable range.

If this question needs clarification, please just ask.

Ryan Karr
Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA

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