Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2021-09-27 17:16
So here's a weird thing.
I just got out my reed adjusting tools, and sanded the synthetic Bravo reed! <sharp intake of breath>
Now I can play altissimo and the C4-C5 legato transition on the Bravo 1.5 just fine! Yay! The Bravo still gives out at G6, while the Vandoren sails on past that to much higher notes. With the Bravo I have to switch to single lip at Eb6, but not with the Vandoren. This is pretty amazing for a synthetic 1.5 reed though.
I like it.
I also helpfully dropped the Bravo reed on the floor, which was fine, because I was able to then go and wash it with soap under the tap. Yay!
Checking consistency across the box of Bravo reeds, I realised that I can now play the C4-C5 transition relatively easily on all of them, without sanding, though that may be just that I've got used to them a bit.
Oddly when I switch back and forth between the vandoren and the Bravo, I now realise that the Bravo is noticeably flat in the clarion register. It sounds fine if it's just me and just that reed, but switching back and forth between reeds, or accompanying a piano, I think it would be really noticeable.
Wow, this is complicated.
However, I do like that I can wash the Bravo reeds before I put them away in their box. That seems like a step up.
Adult learner, Grade 3
Equipment: Yamaha Custom CX Bb, Fobes 10K CF mp,
Legere Soprano Sax American Cut #2, Vandoren Optimum German Lig.
Post Edited (2021-09-27 17:42)
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