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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2014-12-28 22:23
>>I recall starting out in sixth grade, our director gave us Rico reads and I always had the impression that Rico was considered a low-tier quality reed for beginners.
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Yes, that was the impression I got when I first started playing Bb soprano clarinet in 1957 and afterwards. (I'm an amateur.) My experiences with reeds (fresh from the music store, not aged) agreed with that teaching at the time and more recent experiences haven't changed my mind.
The good experiences I've had with "plain old Ricos" were with old but previously-unplayed reeds that had sat around aging for years or even decades. Also, I've liked the well-aged plain Ricos for the larger instruments much better than those for soprano clarinet, maybe because the heftier size makes for less sensitivity to details of reed quality and construction. I've never found other aged, basic Ricos I liked nearly as well as the ones for bass sax that I described above.
Lelia
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