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Slightly soft reed - squeaks

Author: Garth Libre
Date: 2012-11-23 02:29

I still haven't found the ideal mouthpiece for my R-13. For the past week I decided to use the 5RV (not Lyre) and a 3 reed. The 5RV is brilliant, loud, easy to control, full and not resistant. By accident I put a 2.5 reed on this mouthpiece and could simply not get the combination to stop squeaking, especially at the top of the clarion and the top of the chalemeau. As it happens, I use Legere reeds which have only a sticker to denote strength and eventually the sticker falls off. It wasn't until after an hour of steady squeaking that I realized I was using a reed 1/2 strength too soft (a 2 1/2 instead of a 3). Do other people find that a small difference in reed strength can result in uncontrollable squeaking?

I also tried an B46 with a 3 reed, for a less pitch stable but darker and somewhat more resistant sound. In general the B46 plays flat and wobbly. Even with a harder reed the 5RV will not get the more mature dark sound. The B56 is very reed dependant to the point that a slightly soft reed becomes unbearably unpredictable.

Garth, 305-981-4705. garthlibre@yahoo.com

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