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 Re: How many synthetic reeds to keep in rotation?
Author: sfalexi 
Date:   2022-08-04 03:29

I rotate through two at a time. And I have extras in boxes ready to unwrap. I had to take one out the other day as my reed got bent and I needed to replace one of the two.

I also spoke to someone (a PHENOMINAL classical sax player) who said that (and it makes sense) that even among LEGERE reeds, there are slight differences. So you can open up 4 legere reeds of the same type and strength, and you might notice one (or some) play better than the others. His philosophy was to buy maybe 6 at a time, pick the best four, and rotate through those. If the other two were ALSO good, he'd keep them and have them at home in case one of the other four broke, or felt like it was just getting too hard to play well. If the other 2 were NOT good, he'd toss them.

In his reed case, he rotated through four. His newest one was about 4 months old at the time, and his oldest one was 16 months old, with little 'checks' in the reed, a nick or two at the butt, but he still liked how it played, so he still played it.

Alexi

US Army Japan Band
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