Author: allencole
Date: 2022-12-08 23:25
I've been experimenting with Signatures vs. European with a Greenline R13 and Portnoy BP02 mpc. I find a more open tone with European and like the 3.75 for jazz & klezmer where some flexibility is needed and some reediness is tolerable. They do seem to let me down as I get up toward altissimo F & G. Just bought a 4.0 that I hope will do better up high and maybe be suitable for legit playing.
The 3.5 Signatures seem to have considerably more resistance by strength and I feel much better using them for section work, particularly where altissimo is involved. I have felt that they can go a little flat, though, but that may have been a cold horn situation. I do feel like they articulate better than the Classic. A 3.5 Venn seems to provide similar resistance with slightly more open sound. Tuning seems good, but can sometimes cut off when I attempt some altissimo notes at soft volumes.
My one other issue with the Signature is that they're so thin, I have to pretty much screw my Rovner ligature all the way closed.
Even so, thank you John Moses working to improve this line!
Allen Cole
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