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dickdona
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I do try Vandoran. Every day at practice I have 3 reeds. One is a Vandoran and I alternate them during practice sessions. The Vandoran just dosn't work for me at the moment. Don't know why. And I just bought a new Vandoran AT45 MP. But I persevere. Next week I go to the Big Smoke and I gonna get me a box a' dem Gonzalez.
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dickdona
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So ... I went to the Big Smoke and purchased the following. Reeds; Rico Grand Concert Select 2's. Rico Reserve 2.5s. And received 2 Zondas 2.5's for free. He said nobody there buys them! A new Ligature from BG France, "Revelation" (Leather style one screw) (www.bgfranckbichon.com) He told me it would give me warm tone ...
Back home I followed the start of the breaking in procedure. Soaking etc. So far so good. Just blew a few low notes, nothing higher than "C" for a minute with the new reeds. These Rico have a fine tone. Yes, and the Lig, I notice already, gives me a warmer tone. My old metal one gives me a brighter/sharper tone.
Will report back in a week when the reeds are ready to play. My clarinet is a Noblet with a new AT45 Vandoran mouthpiece. So now you see my whole setup. And it's sounding good so far... I hope this is helpful to someone.
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celloclarinetguy
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When you advance in method, you'll learn that you got to bite down to get the high notes, but when your embashure gets stronger you'll murder those weaker wussy reeds. I recently noticed this myself after advising it for years, that I needed a stronger reed
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tessellation
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I like a #2. I play Zonda, Grand Concert (put out by Rico), and Vandoren. If you have any chain music stores like Music and Arts, sometimes they have clearance sales. I bought a few boxes of the Zondas and Grand Concerts for like 1 or 2 bucks a box for a box of 5 reeds. It gave me a chance to try out some new reeds I may not have shelled for otherwise. It's great to try new reeds. 
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