We've all heard and read about the latest and greatest gizmos that are supposed to make life easier and simpler. Heaven knows that I sure have fallen prey to more than a few. And the world of woodwind reeds sure has its share of them. I've waffled between cane and synthetics depending on how much grief and aggravation I was willing to put up with. I must of tried them all with varying degrees of success. So I took the plunge and ordered some Forestone reeds for tenor. Didn't quite know what to expect but having read the marketing gobbledygook I ordered a couple at different strengths. At $25.00 a pop they sure aren't cheap! They took a couple of weeks to come in and when they arrived I slapped one on a hard rubber mouthpiece and gave it a blow. Surprise, surprise. A wonderful tone came out from the very bottom to the very top! Huh! I tried another mouthpiece. Same results. Well now, what do we have here? Put it on a Link STM and was disappointed. Not quite the response and tone as on the HR pieces. When I had tried them on a few other pieces I noticed that they seem to work very well on hard rubber but not as well as on metal. Mind you, these are my pieces and yours might give you a different result.
Anyways, just thought I'd share my findings with you all. They are not cheap, but if they work for you they might save you a lot of fiddling with cane
Oscar
Anyways, just thought I'd share my findings with you all. They are not cheap, but if they work for you they might save you a lot of fiddling with cane
Oscar