Author: vboboe
Date: 2009-02-26 15:39
locally store-bought reeds
... i'm finding bill roscoe reeds fairly suitable as supplemental reeds just now, they're nice warm tone, mediums just the right amount of resistance for me at the moment ... but the high register from high C up has to be really encouraged to speak, they falter on decrescendos (although could be me reducing air pressure too much) -- and quite a lot of apertures are closed up less than optimum opening in the box -- i prefer to see some gape in brand new reed apertures, i can lip them down myself, there's no guarantee that soaking them will actually open them up, although some certainly do
the goodtone guild reeds we get locally here are all wired and it's a lot of extra fuss to remove -- or tape over -- the wires, and also, can't inspect the apertures and tips due to the way they're hidden in the fluff at the bottom of the sealed packaging tubes, however the few i've tried when nothing else available at the time i was shopping have been OK
for newbies and early beginners, emerald reeds are pretty good and economically priced, although short-lived and tend to collapse sooner rather than later, which means more turn-over -- which is OK for the first 6-8 months or so while working up from soft to medium
pity jones no longer do reeds, they were OK in early to moderate beginners transitional period, although marked tendency to be flat, mini tip clips sometimes helped, sometimes not; perhaps there are still a few hiding out in old stock somewhere in some stores
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