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Re: Reeds, and alike!

Author: clarinetguy ★2017
Date: 2009-02-19 12:27

I agree with David Blumberg. I first tried Rico Reserves a few months ago, and they are amazing. Most of them work and most of them play well right out of the box (a few require minor adjusting). They give me a nice sound, and I think they are the best reed I've ever used (and I've tried a lot).

Whatever type of reed you're using, make sure they're not too hard for you. Some people think of hard reeds as a badge of honor; when I was in my college years, you were thought of as a wimp if you played anything softer than a 3 1/2, and most played 4s, 4 1/2s, and 5s. Now that I'm older and wiser (and tired of fighting reeds that are too hard), I've settled on 3s, and they're the perfect strength for me (I use a Vandoren M-15).

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