Plastic reeds

[Arabella]

  mnkyman said:

i was thinking of gettins some for marching..cause i here ther enear impossible to chip...last a year or so each...and mainly..they dont dry out

I would reccomend a fibracell as opposed to a plastic reed. It's sort of a synthetic wood? Mine lasted for quite a while, but it's starting to split- separating wood from plastic or something.

[donquigoteLHS]

I totally would but the directors won't let us

[Nancy08]

  stewiemylove said:

god i hate plastic reeds

yes, price wise and practical-wise they are good,

but they sound like shiznat.

at least for bassoon

Had no idea they made plastic double reeds...sounds like trouble.

 

The wood ones are bad enough. Until last week I was playing on a 7 month old reed that made me sound like I was in begining band all over again.

[shmily1130]

  mnkyman said:

yeah but those reeds last like close to a year depending on the player

So, I don't know if this has been posted before, but whatever.

Eh, usually, if a reed lasts a year, that's not really good.

Unless you are switching reeds a lot.

Then again, I'm talking about bassoon reeds, since that's what I play/make.

Oh, and plastic reeds for bassoon sound horrible.

[spanishnerd06]

  mnkyman said:

yeah but those reeds last like close to a year depending on the player

I have never had a reed last for a year...maybe it's just me, I don't know, but even when I switch off a lot, reeds that start out good can become not so good very quickly...

 

and yes, double reeds' reeds are very expensive! I used to buy them from my former teacher for $15+...my teacher at school now gives us free ones b/c we're undergrads...yay! : )

 

And yeah, plastic reeds suck...I got a bassoon one from H&H when they were going out of business (which is still, I think...haha)...it is crap, I would probably have had better luck making one myself!

[shmily1130]

Plastic reeds (at least for bassoon) are fun to play with, though. Like bending them as far as they can go backwards and forwards. 'Tis quite entertaining, because they're kinda hard to break.

[robs3889]

well i use them for marching on my tenor and they dont seem to be too bad just kind of a **** to tune and yes hard to break, although my friend managed to split his after one performance dont know how that happened

[TRtrumpet]

I'm sick of reeds.

[ClarinetGlissandoInBlue]

  EODrillDesigner98 said:

 

 

Hey! mnkyman

 

As a former woodwind player and current woodwind instructor/advisor. I would not suggest purchasing Vanoren V12 at all. They are great for concert band but like any private instructor/director would say they are not highly recommanded at all for high school levels musicians at all.

really? why is that?

 

V12's are softer than blue box and 56's but what's wrong with high school students using them?

 

personally i prefer 56's (strength 4), they're awesome in all octaves

[nnelsonbsn]

if anyone here EVER catches me playing on a plastic reed please take it from me and stab me in the eye with it

[LHS'NET10]

i got a plastic reed for $9, it works OK.

[clarinetrocks]

yeah i played on one of these!

its was pretty amazing!

lol

they even have them in like different colors

its weird!