Author: Micke Isotalo ★2017
Date: 2022-11-19 01:52
Dan, your questions would imply that harder cane in itself would be desirable. That's however not the case, but all is instead about how a certain reed strength matches a given mouthpiece.
A reed with suitable strength for the M13 (whether the player prefers a somewhat softer or harder reed) would be too hard for him/her on a 5RV (too resistant, wheezy and airy in sound quality, unresponsive especially at softer dynamics, shorter phrases due to a need to breathe more often, encourage biting to mitigate the poor sound quality and unresponsiveness, etc).
Put that same reed on a Viennese facing with a tip opening of say 0.75mm and it will be way too soft for him/her - with all the qualities of a too soft reed (lower general intonation, still flatter going up the scale, a thin, trembling or shaky tone quality, dropping even more in intonation at louder volumes, even closing completely off against the facing when trying to keep up the pitch on higher notes, etc).
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