Hi Adrian, Great Vid.! Love the open and honest view into your daily process(es) of both gear setup and practice. 🙇♂ I was playing Rue Lepic 56's - (# 3) on a Vandoren BD4 and found that I had to balance 8 out of 10 reeds per box mainly on the right side. My current new reed adjustment process consists of flattening the back of the reed (almost to the tip) with a Reed Geek (The Bullet) then 5mins of testing as you demonstrate in this Vid - then leave it for a day and test again for 10mins, making additional fine adjustments if needed. I "rinse and repeat" for about a week - then they are ready to add to the daily rotation set replacing any of the previous working reeds that are "past their best by" date. 🙂 This process gives me a minimum of 4 well adjusted reeds that I rotate on a daily basis - with 2 -3 new reeds that are in the "break-in" set. Cheers Roy (Australia)
It's been nearly 40 years. Back then, used Rico Royal. No idea jf those still exist. Still have the instrument. It needs a mouthpiece (niece broke hers, never getting mine back) and rebuilt (new pads, corks checked, keys unbent, fine adjustments made, etc) I started with plain ole Rico but found I could saturate them without much difficulty.
Obviously the Vandoren reeds are thicker than a similar grade Rico ...but what is the difference from the standard Vandoren and the V12 from your own experience. All up to date on your vids. Great to see your way of practice and general views on music and playing.
I really enjoy these chats. Very inspiring. Actually I've switched to a Rico Venn synthetic 3.0 on my 5JB. You always have a perfect reed . ...and they project! You never have to waste time goofing with the reed.
Steuer Exclusive ... can't recommend them enough. Done Vandoren, Rico, Peter Leutner and other brands before, but find Steuer's quality to be at a completely different level for some reason. Plus they last absolutely forever, it's quite hard to believe, they don't seem to lose the edge over time like other reeds. I'm slowly getting through the 3rd box since 2019 and I'm sure this will last beyond 2024. Never been happier with my reeds in 22 years of playing the clarinet. The mouthpiece also helps though - Morgan RM15 refaced by Mr Zinner in Germany. A unique piece and certainly the best I've ever had. For the tenor sax, I use a Drake NY Jazz 9 mouthpiece with a Legere Signature 3 reed. Would highly recommend both again. I'm a full-time professional musician, but have been playing a single Legere reed for 3+ years now at all my gigs. I seem to like it more and more. So in the last 3 years, I've spent literally £0 on reeds - happy with that after spending a small fortune in the previous years!
Hi Adrian, Great Vid.! Love the open and honest view into your daily process(es) of both gear setup and practice. 🙇♂
I was playing Rue Lepic 56's - (# 3) on a Vandoren BD4 and found that I had to balance 8 out of 10 reeds per box mainly on the right side. My current new reed adjustment process consists of flattening the back of the reed (almost to the tip) with a Reed Geek (The Bullet) then 5mins of testing as you demonstrate in this Vid - then leave it for a day and test again for 10mins, making additional fine adjustments if needed. I "rinse and repeat" for about a week - then they are ready to add to the daily rotation set replacing any of the previous working reeds that are "past their best by" date. 🙂
This process gives me a minimum of 4 well adjusted reeds that I rotate on a daily basis - with 2 -3 new reeds that are in the "break-in" set.
Cheers
Roy (Australia)
It's been nearly 40 years. Back then, used Rico Royal. No idea jf those still exist. Still have the instrument. It needs a mouthpiece (niece broke hers, never getting mine back) and rebuilt (new pads, corks checked, keys unbent, fine adjustments made, etc) I started with plain ole Rico but found I could saturate them without much difficulty.
56 rue lepic do the good job to.
Obviously the Vandoren reeds are thicker than a similar grade Rico ...but what is the difference from the standard Vandoren and the V12 from your own experience.
All up to date on your vids. Great to see your way of practice and general views on music and playing.
......my clarinet is a 1936 Conn # 444N. I also Use a Ridenhour hard rubber barrel , Bonade ligature.
Old clarinet!
But sound terrible
I really enjoy these chats. Very inspiring. Actually I've switched to a Rico Venn synthetic 3.0 on my 5JB.
You always have a perfect reed . ...and they project! You never have to waste time goofing with the reed.
Thanks for watching and commenting , I’ve never tried them, maybe I will have a blow on one at some point :)
Très intéressant, merci🙏. Je vais tenter tout ça avec mes anches.
Fascinating.
Really interesting thanks. I'm also a V12 person.
Steuer Exclusive ... can't recommend them enough. Done Vandoren, Rico, Peter Leutner and other brands before, but find Steuer's quality to be at a completely different level for some reason. Plus they last absolutely forever, it's quite hard to believe, they don't seem to lose the edge over time like other reeds. I'm slowly getting through the 3rd box since 2019 and I'm sure this will last beyond 2024. Never been happier with my reeds in 22 years of playing the clarinet. The mouthpiece also helps though - Morgan RM15 refaced by Mr Zinner in Germany. A unique piece and certainly the best I've ever had. For the tenor sax, I use a Drake NY Jazz 9 mouthpiece with a Legere Signature 3 reed. Would highly recommend both again. I'm a full-time professional musician, but have been playing a single Legere reed for 3+ years now at all my gigs. I seem to like it more and more. So in the last 3 years, I've spent literally £0 on reeds - happy with that after spending a small fortune in the previous years!
3 1/2 Reed on a 5JB… that’s quite amazing isn’t it !?
That setup sounds heroic to me. Must be a lot of work for the emboucher and very tiring.
What is the tune you play at 7:00 ? Heard it already !
Is that Djangology !?
Let me check ha ha
The clarinet can be so fiddly.
Certainly
No synthetic for you. Wood is so fussy