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Reed
Brands and Information
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Alexander Superial standard These original "American
style" reeds by Alexander, features a warm buzz and brightness
which comes from a vibrant cut upon a quality French cane
reed blank.
Available
for Bb Clarinet, Alto
Sax, Tenor Sax, Soprano
Sax and Baritone
Sax
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Alexander
Superial Classique Designed with an even thicker
profile than the double cut. The "Classique" provides
a darker classical sound due to the greater amount of wood
in the tip and heart regions.
Available
for Bb Clarinet, Alto
Sax, Tenor Sax, Soprano
Sax and Baritone
Sax
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Alexander
DC The
double cut "DC" superial reed features a French
file cut on a thicker blank than the standard superial. Vibrancy
with a deep sonorous quality
Available
for Bb Clarinet, Alto
Sax, Tenor Sax, Soprano
Sax and Baritone
Sax
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AW Reeds. A new reed made by a company that have designed
and engineered a new generation of computer controlled reed
making machinery. The beautiful made reeds are French File
cut from French cane.
Available
for Bb Clarinet
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Bari
Plastic is
the best known name in plastic reeds. It is a completely synthetic
reed (clear plastic) designed to duplicate the performance
of cane with unbeatable longevity. The sound is bright and
punchy, favored by many jazz players.
Also available, the Bari Star Reed made from Avilar,
a revolutionary material which is shaped using cane machinery.
A clean pure sound with a very positive attack is its hallmark.
Available
for Bb Clarinet, Alto
Sax, Tenor Sax, Soprano
Sax and Baritone
Sax in strengths Soft, Med and Hard
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Daniel’s
is an exciting new range of reeds manufactured by the Italian
firm Lucien. The reeds are finely finished in a design similar
to traditional cut Vandoren reeds. Cane from the famous Var
district of France is used exclusively to produce a clear, consistent
and vibrant tone with good immediate playability. Each box of
10 reeds contains 5 reusable 2-reed reed guards so that each
reed is held safely.
Available for Bb
Clarinet, Alto
Sax and Tenor
Sax
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Kevlar
fibers suspended in a resin formulation with a Faber and cell
structure patterned after natural cane make Fibracell reeds
a welcome new addition to the market. Modeled on an American
reed profile and an unfiled cut, they are designed to last up
to 4 times longer than natural cane. Fibracell reeds,
with their quick response and brilliant overtones produce a
vibrant resonant sound.
Available for Bb
Clarinet, Alto
Sax, Soprano Sax and Tenor
Sax
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Glotin GIII. Glotin have been manufacturing some of
th finest French reed products for decades. Very well known
worldwide, for both double reed cane and single reed products
are worthy of much greater recognition. The GIII is made from
Glotin's thickest diameter, highest density cane. This is
their 'star' reed worthy of comparison with similar products
for demanding , professional use. File cut. Yellow box
LAST FEW BOXES AVAILBLE. NOW OUT OF PRODUCTION
Available for Bb
Clarinet, Bass
Clarinet Alto Sax, and Tenor
Sax
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Glotin
produce the GAIA to meet the expectations of a majority
of their clarinet customers. This fine quality, more resilient
cane is matched with a traditional profile to ensure consistent
comfortable performance in all registers and most playing circumstances.
A great 'all rounder' that should be experienced. File cut.LAST
FEW BOXES AVAILBLE. NOW OUT OF PRODUCTION
Available for Bb
Clarinet.
Glotin
Gaia 50. Derived from the Giaia and with many of
the same features, the Gaia 50 is thinner cut for a noticeably
easier response and freer tonal quality. Preferred by some
players over the standard Gaia for the immediacy of sound
production and increased flexibility it offers. Unfiled cut.
Blue box
LAST FEW BOXES AVAILBLE. NOW OUT OF PRODUCTION
Available
for Bb Clarinet.
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Glotin's
Groove reed is for the Jazz musician - a flexible,
comfortable profile with plenty of quality in the cane and just
a touch of 'edge'. Unfiled cut. Brown box LAST FEW BOXES
AVAILBLE. NOW OUT OF PRODUCTION
Available for Alto
Sax, and Tenor
Sax
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The
Hahn reed from Germany is a new synthetic reed engineered
to mimic the very structure of cane. Although it doesn’t
look like cane, it does feel and vibrate like it. The Hahn reed
offers a long lasting performance, remarkable sound quality
and immediate response - great when doubling! Even if it is
not your first choice of reed it should certainly be your spare.
Available for Bb
Clarinet, Alto
Sax, Soprano Sax, Tenor
Sax and Baritone
Sax
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Designed
for professionals by Dr. Frederick L. Hemke of Northwestern
University, USA, the Hemke Premium reed is a consistent,
vibrant reed cut from the finest quality premium grade French
cane. It is finely finished, thin at the tip, with a file cut
and provides an easy response and a brilliant sound.
Available for Alto
Sax, Tenor Sax, Soprano
Sax and Baritone
Sax
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La
Voz ‘the world’s favorite jazz reed’, offers
a brilliant sound and great flexibility and is the choice of
many jazz and contemporary music players. The profile and cut
of the heart and tip are very vibrant and the shoulders are
unfiled.
Available for Bb
Clarinet, Bass
Clarinet, Alto
Sax, Tenor Sax, Soprano
Sax and Baritone
Sax
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Legere
Made of a revolutionary new patented material, and using
state of the art computerised cutting technology, Legere is
a new synthetic reed from Canada. The warm 'woody' quality
of the Legere reed is proving a popular concept, a real alternative
to cane. A Unique trial/exchange scheme is available to help
establish the correct strength for your use.
Available for Bb
Clarinet, Eb
Clarinet, Bass
Clarinet, Alto
Sax, Tenor
Sax, Soprano
Sax, and Baritone
Sax
NEW
STUDIO CUT
Launched
January 2003 this is proving a fantastic hit with Jazz musicians.
Available for Alto and Tenor Saxophone
Available for Alto
Sax, Tenor
Sax,
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For
many years Marca have been making fine quality reeds
from cane grown in their own fields in the south of France.
Their excellent reputation and wide range of products are
well known to players world wide. These reeds have a firm
heart to provide long lasting performance, with excellent
playing characteristics and an attractive centered sound.
Finished with a file cut.
Available
for Bb Clarinet, Bass
Clarinet, Alto
Sax, Tenor Sax, Soprano
Sax and Baritone
Sax
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Introduced
to our range by popular demand, the Marca Jazz reed
fills a niche for players desiring a solid, focused tone without
sacrificing character and bite. A superb cut on a quality
French cane. Highly recommended.
Available
for Alto
Sax , Tenor
Sax and Soprano
Sax
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Designed
by American clarinet professional Mitchell Lurie to offer
a ready-playable reed for professional performance at an affordable
price. It is a responsive, finely balanced reed which provides
an attractive, vibrant tone. Mitchell Lurie Standard
reeds are supplied in an unfiled cut.
Available for Bb
Clarinet
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The
Mitchell Lurie Premium reeds share the same overall design
as the Mitchell Lurie Standard range but use a superior premium
grade of cane which is carefully selected for thickness and
finely sanded to a smooth finish on the vamp. The shoulders
of the Premium range are finished with a file cut. Immediate
playability and consistency are hallmarks of Mitchell Lurie
reeds.
Available for Bb
Clarinet
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Manufactured
in France, the Neuranter reed is made from the highest
quality cane, offering tremendous response and depth of sound.
The design incorporates a strong heart region, a file cut and
a smooth vamp finish, with an unsurpassed consistency of strength
grading. Professional players who have tried these reeds for
us have been full of praise for them.
Available for Bb
Clarinet and Bass
Clarinet
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Manufactured
from hand-selected cane grown on South Australian plantations,
the Reeds Australia Vintage range has an unfiled cut
and its sound is powerful and brilliant. Like fine wines, the
year of harvest is indicated on the box. Available in filed
or unfiled cut for Bb Clarinet.
Available for Bb
Clarinet, Eb Clarinet, Alto
Sax, Tenor Sax and Soprano
Sax
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The
Reeds Australia Vintage XL range is a new creation by
Reeds Australia designed to meet professional requirements for
firm, resilient cane with long-lasting qualities. The blank
used is much thicker and the cane denser than that used in the
regular Vintage range and even more wood is left in the heart
region.
Available for Bb
Clarinet in strengths 3, 3.5, 4 and 5
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The
Reeds Australia Studio Plus range is available for the
beginner to intermediate player. It offers the same Australian-grown
cane as the Vintage range but is supplied with a thinner blank
and a lighter, more free-blowing cut. Its sound is slightly
brighter than other Reeds Australia products and very vibrant.
Available for Bb
Clarinet, Eb Clarinet
, Alto Sax and Tenor
Sax
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The
tried and tested starter reed for beginners. Rico reeds
provide easy response and reliable performance in an economical
reed. Bb clarinet and alto saxophone reeds are also available
in Novapack boxes of 50, ideal for school use.
Available for Bb
Clarinet, Eb Clarinet, Alto
Clarinet, Bass
Clarinet, Contra
Bass Clarinet, Alto
Sax, Tenor Sax, Soprano
Sax, Baritone
Sax and Bass
Sax
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Introduced
in Autumn 2006 the special
Rico
Reserve Clarinet reed is exceeding expectations in both
sound and consistency. Made on French made machinery and using
only the lowest internode sections of the finest hand chosen
cane, this is a reed worth trying.
Available for Bb
Clarinet,
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Rico
Royal reeds use a higher grade of cane than standard Rico.
The cane is cut to leave more wood in the heart region and offers
slightly more resistance for the developing player. A file cut
is used to finish the vamp, helping to create a brilliant, flexible
reed.
Available for Bb
Clarinet, Eb Clarinet, Alto
Clarinet, Bass
Clarinet, Alto
Sax, Tenor Sax, Soprano
Sax and Baritone
Sax
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Rico
Plasticover reeds start as cane cut with the profile of
Rico Royal but are finished with a plastic coating, thus sealing
the fibers of the vamp, sides and heel. The coating stabilises
the cane, reducing moisture absorption and increasing its longevity
and reliability in heavy duty playing conditions. A special
tonal edge to the sound is created by the coating which adds
brilliance to the sound.
Available for Bb
Clarinet, Eb Clarinet, Bass
Clarinet, Alto
Clarinet, Alto
Sax, Tenor Sax, Soprano
Sax and Baritone
Sax
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Rico
Jazz Select Rico’s top quality cane is used in this
latest reed design. Introduced in 1997 after years of testing
by some of the world’s most respected jazz players, the
Rico Jazz Select reed has a strong spine and responsive
tip to provide the power and feel demanded by contemporary
musicians. A filed design provides an exceptionally even quality
and vibrancy throughout the range. Available
as filed or unfiled.
Alto Sax, Tenor
Sax, Soprano Sax and Baritone
Sax
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Rico
Grand Concert Select,
available in Standard or Thick Blank
Using cane hand-selected for its density from Rico’s finest
cane fields, Select reeds have been created after worldwide
consultations with leading clarinet professionals. Unique cutting
and grading technology aims to ensure the highest degree of
consistency. Grand Concert Select reeds are designed
with a file cut and have more ‘wood’ in the body of
the reed for a more centered sound and response. Thick Blank
reeds are approximately 0.5mm thicker in the blank with proportionately
more wood used throughout the reed for a darker, warmer quality.
Available for Bb
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet
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Sinus
- Model F (French Cut)
Handmade in Germany by Rudolph Pflaumer, these reeds are
sought after by top professionals for their quality response
and dark tonal colour. Made from the finest quality French cane
they are individually hand-finished and selected for strength.
The dimensions of the blank are slightly thicker and shorter
than many other professional reeds and a file cut at the shoulders
is used.
Available for Bb
Clarinet
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‘The
most widely played reed in the professional world!’ Harvested
from the finest French cane, the Vandoren Traditional reed
is considered the standard against which all others are judged.
A very thin tip with a strong central heart and a file cut are
standard on all Traditional reeds. These features combine to
provide a brilliant response and flexibility.
Available for Bb
Clarinet, Eb Clarinet, Alto
Clarinet, Bass
Clarinet , Contra
Bass Clarinet, Sopranino
Sax, Soprano
Sax , Alto
Sax, Tenor Sax ,
Baritone Sax and Bass
Sax
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The
Vandoren V12 reed, available only for Bb clarinet, was
introduced to meet the demands of many professionals for a different
type of response from their reeds. The V12 is cut upon a thicker
reed blank at both heel and tip, and has a longer vibrating
surface than the traditional cut. A bigger, darker and warmer
sound may be found in the V12, contrasted with the brilliance
and responsive attack of the Traditional cut.
Available for Bb
Clarinet
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The
Vandoren 56 rue Lepic reed, available only for Bb clarinet,
is a premium cut clarinet reed introduced in 2004. Designed
to be made from thicker cane than both the traditional and V12,
the "56" has a rich, centered and extremely pure sound
while providing stability in all registers. Its quick response
ensures precision in the most difficult passages without sacrificing
the extraordinary round and warm sound
Available for Bb
Clarinet
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The
Vandoren Java range was introduced in 1983 to fulfill
the requirements of Jazz and light music performers. The Java
saxophone reed is designed for flexibility and increased vibration,
incorporating a thicker tip and a central heart region more
flexible than that used in the Traditional cut.
Available for Alto
Sax,
Tenor Sax, Soprano
Sax
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Introduced
in 1993 at the request of American Jazz artists, the Vandoren
V16 is a vibrant reed with more ‘snap’, or crispness,
designed for a contemporary sound. It has been described by
many musicians as ‘a Java reed with even more wood’.
The V16 is thicker at the butt end and offers a different
vibrating balance within the reed. It also has a more rounded
shape at the tip than many other makes. Unfiled cut.
Available for Soprano
Sax ,
Alto Sax and Tenor
Sax
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The
Vandoren ZZ range was introduced in 2003 for the Jazz
saxophonist. The ZZ reed features an American style cut
with a flexible and punchy sound. It produces an even response
in all registers like the V16 reed but with an easier 'blowing
feel'. Developed after extensive consultation with leading saxophonists
worldwide. Now you have even more choice from Vandoren. Unfiled
cut.
Available for Alto
Sax,
Tenor Sax, Soprano
Sax and Baritone
Sax
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Manufactured
for the Austrian market to fit narrow facing, narrow tip opening,
long mouthpieces, the Vandoren German Cut White Master
uses a shorter blank length and narrower width than standard
file cut reeds. It is supplied with an unfiled shoulder design
to help produce a darker sound. Suitable for German and Austrian
mouthpieces only.
Available for Bb
Clarinet
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German Cut Black Master reeds are wider than the White Master
and a file cut is used. Although intended for the German market,
Black Master reeds can be used with success on standard French
or American style mouthpieces.
Available for Bb
Clarinet
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This
new premium professional reed is a quality, finely finished
reed, using European cane stocks grown in the Andes mountains
of South America. Zonda quality control and consistency
are of a very high standard with sub-strength grading available
Zonda reeds have an attractive response and depth of
sound with long-lasting service.
Available for Bb
Clarinet , Alto
Sax and Tenor
Sax
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