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New Forestone reeds

Author: William
Date: 2010-04-11 18:57

Forestone has made a small change in the manufacturing process--no longer hand-sanding each reed--and I am quite impressed how well (and perhaps, better) the new models play and how consistant they remain. The reed strengths are now more in sync with cane reeds so ordering the right reed for your mouthpiece is less of a gamble. Also, the strength #'s are imprinted on each reed for easier indentification--no more lost labels (yea).

And I have just played some of the newer alto and tenor sax reeds and all I can think of to say is, WOW. Strengths 2.5 & 3.0 played effortlessly on my vintage Selmer C* mpcies, producing big, resonate sounds up to ultra high D, but were a bit hard for my preferred Hollywood Gregory alto and Guardala Studio tenor models, so I will be ordering some 2.0s soon. These new sax reeds from Forestone should replace everyones cane and Legere reeds in a very short time. If you are a doubler like myself, you just have to try them. I haven't bought a cane reed of any kind in over a year--and never plan to again!!!!!

BTW, I am not a Forestone "performing artist" nor am I paid in any way (other than a couple of freebies) to say these nice things about Forestones--I just that I like them and use them (and pay for most of them in my case).

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2010-04-11 18:57