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Re: Synthetic Redux

Author: SecondTry  Date:   2022-12-04 07:05 Hi Paul A couple of things. * I value your opinion * I ordered (before your post today) the two high end Ambipoly reeds (Venn Vivace and Primo) today but have yet to try them * I bet you have tried them * I still use cane, and suspect I will continue to, having pretty good luck with it, and * I believe Eric Black both competent and unbiased. I recently came across a review of these reeds from Dr. Larkin Sanders, also on Youtube. She really liked them. Then I watched her review of the Venn reed from D'Addario, who like Silverstein she is affiliated with, and respectfully drew less favorable opinion of that reed than her....so I won't be surprised if I, like you, fine Legere to remain at the top of the synthetic reed mountain. I did agree with Dr. Sanders than Venn's run hard, and was pleased that I could adjust them--which after doing so (and they need far more sanding than cane to achieve similar softening I found) the Venn did play better.....so maybe part of my issue was related to getting too strong a sample. Another, of course, being my sample size of one. And yet another perhaps being that D'Addario might consider recalibrating their strength charts assuming the wish to jibe with a Vandoren cane standard. According to Silverstein's website, Wenzel Fuchs uses them and gave a November concert in NY playing one. I say this as a feeble response to your question as to who professional is playing them. What (just one) artist endorses, and what they like and play could in fairness to you be 2 different things. Unlike me, Mr. Fuchs could probably sound great playing a popsicle stick. I never loose sight of the most important piece of equipment: a mind willing to put in meaningful practice time. But I'm in a mood to experiment. I hope I can report results similar to Mr. Black's, but even if I can't, I'll be richer for knowing what doesn't work for me and report my findings either way, even if I'm financially poorer by $65! Post Edited (2022-12-05 01:41)

Topics	Author	Date
Synthetic Redux  new	SecondTry	2022-12-01 23:59
Re: Synthetic Redux  new	SecondTry	2022-12-03 19:47
Re: Synthetic Redux  new	Paul Aviles	2022-12-03 20:56
Re: Synthetic Redux  new	SecondTry	2022-12-04 07:05
Re: Synthetic Redux  new	SecondTry	2022-12-05 02:04
Re: Synthetic Redux  new	MarkS	2022-12-04 19:33
Re: Synthetic Redux  new	SecondTry	2022-12-04 20:52
Re: Synthetic Redux  new	Paul Aviles	2022-12-05 00:49
Re: Synthetic Redux  new	Paul Aviles	2022-12-05 05:35

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