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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2014-06-11 01:15
Rico reeds changes it's name. They will now be known as D'Addario Woodwinds. #daddarioreserve The "new" Reserve reeds will be using a new digital vamping process. For the time being the Grand concert Select products will not be changed. I've tried both, the new Reserve, which is a thinner reed and the new Reserve Classic which is a moderately thicker reed which I prefer of the two. After breaking them in slowly over 4-5 sessions, in my usualy manner of making only small adjustments as needed each time, I've ended up with 8 pretty decent reeds out of the ten they sent me. I use #4s and had to take a little off of the sides near the tip starting from about half and inch below to the top. They were all very well balanced but just a bit too hard for me. I always take off just a little at a time, play for a few minutes and repeat the next time until it's just right, or the wall test. :-)
ESP eddiesclarinet.com
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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2014-06-11 01:43
They have for a while now - at least 2 months, probably longer, as all of their Pro Products have been labeled D'Addario.
If it says Rico on it, it is either a student item, or not brand new from the factory stock at this point. (not to say old, but not made in the past 2-3 months).
Can't wait till they are publically available, as there will be adequate stock.
http://www.SkypeClarinetLessons.com
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Author: James S
Date: 2014-06-11 04:46
I'm very happy about the rebranding. Whenever I told other players I used Rico Reserve Classics they looked at me as if I had a hole in my head. They would all cock an eyebrow and say "aren't those the crappy orange things?" "Rico" never really managed to escape its image as a maker of junky student reeds. I hope to spend more time with their line at ICA this August.
James
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Author: TomS
Date: 2014-06-11 05:22
Out of curiosity, I bought a box of "those crappy orange things" and some Mitchell Laurie regular and premium. Consistent and had a nice core (but some had a touch of nasal honk), many played well enough to use in a community band. Much better than I expected ... not bad at all, IMHO.
Hat's off to Rico, uhhh ... I mean D'Addario Woodwinds.
Maybe they will make an very good completely American designed and constructed professional clarinet? Since they are into vintage MPs designs, how's about a reissue of a Buffet S1 or a Selmer Centered Tone clarinet?
Wonder what instruments, no longer in production, would sell?
Tom
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2014-06-11 20:03
From reading this forum it seems some people actually prefer old reeds... even years or decades old. So expect Rico branded pro reeds at ridiculous prices in a few years...
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2014-06-11 20:55
It's already started, Nitai! I've seen old brown-box Ricos (which have got to rank among some of the worst reeds ever made) sold on That Auction Site as "classics", for some very optimistic prices.
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Author: fskelley
Date: 2014-06-11 21:21
Anybody who lived through the Chevy Vega, Ford Pinto, and AMC Gremlin in their original incarnation- is astounded to see them in 2014 hawked as classic muscle cars.
Stan in Orlando
EWI 4000S with modifications
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2014-06-11 22:03
The letter I received from them along with the two boxes of comp reeds said the new name and new cutting will be available as of July so anything anyone has bought recently in the Reserve or Reserve Classic with the name Rico is Not the new cut. As far as anyone raising their eyebrows over someone using the Rico brand reeds I'm here to tell you that a great many profssional clarinet players have been using them for years. I myself, as a professional clarinet and bass clarinet player have been using them for about ten year now. I love the Grand Concert Select Bass reeds and the Grand Concert Select Thick Blanks Bb reeds as well. They are not your fathers Rico brand reeds. I have tried the old Reserves when they would send me some to try and found them quite good but these NEW ones, based on the two boxes they sent me, are even better. These are quality reeds, as have been the ones I've been using for about ten years now. Rico Grand Concert Select have not been to OLD Rico Reed for many years now. The name change goes into effect in July for the Two Reserve Cuts.
ESP eddiesclarinet.com
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Author: Zenia
Date: 2014-06-11 22:08
Will the July rollout include bass clarinet reeds as well?
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Author: BartHx
Date: 2014-06-11 23:53
I started with Rico reeds at 25ยข each but I have not used them in years. Sounds like I need to give them a try again.
The lady next to me in one of our community bands was given a very large supply of Vandoren purple box reeds by an former teacher. She is still working her way through them and the boxes are not even faded, yet.
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Author: Barry Vincent
Date: 2014-06-12 02:35
Rico also made an excellent student Oboe reed, the ones with the orange binding. I still have several left but after they've been used up there will be no more. Rico stopped making them some time back. There were also slightly more resistant ones in green binding and they have stopped making them also.
BJV
"The Oboe is not a horn"
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2014-06-12 21:22
Nothing new about the bass reeds but I've been very happy with the Grand Concert bass as well as their Reserves. I know that not everyone likes the same make or style reed. I can only tell you that I think their terrific. Remember, I've learned how to break reeds in and make small adjustment so my success rate has been very high. There was a time I would use 10-12 boxes of Vandoren Bass clarinet reeds a season, 10 to a box. In the last years of my career that I've been using the Grand Concert bass reeds I used 2-3 boxes of 5 to a box because they would last me so long, often months on end. It was partially the way I cared for them and as well as the quality of the reed. I had one Grand Concert bass reed several years ago that I played almost every rehearsal and every concert on for almost the entire season, practicing of some others od course. It finally died during the summer after I clipped it the 4-5th time. :-)
ESP eddiesclarinet.com
Post Edited (2014-06-15 17:45)
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Author: ruben
Date: 2014-06-14 11:06
Where does Rico-d'Addario get its cane? Is it from the Var in France? From Mendoza in Argentina? They are and will be giving Vandoren a run for its money, but Bernard Vandoren likes that. He's economically liberal.
rubengreenbergparisfrance@gmail.com
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