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Forestone Traditional Tenor Saxophone Reed H
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Forestone Traditional Tenor Saxophone Reed H
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A composite with bright, round sound for your tenor saxophone.
Construction and Profile
Forestone reeds are perfectly balanced side to side and front to back. The more or less standard profile tapers down to 0.1 mm thickness across the tip. Held up to the light, the reeds display the classic upside-down “U-shape” associated with cane reeds.
Performance
Forestone reeds tend to maintain their strength / resistance over time. They vibrate well and hold the center of the sound in a manner similar to that of a good quality cane reed. The basic timber is robust, clear and strong, with just enough “buzz” to ensure projection and carrying power. Intonation is stable and the reeds articulate well throughout the range of the clarinet and saxophone.
Adjustment
Blowing resistance can be adjusted with Forestone reeds by slightly raising or lowering the reed on the mouthpiece table (lower placement = less resistance, higher placement = more resistance). Although other types of adjustment are usually not necessary, the material is sufficient hard that one can still do so using blades, files, sandpaper, reed rush or other tool. Forestone reeds can be clipped.
Longevity
The useful life of a Forestone reed will vary from player to player given that everyone’s way of playing — their embouchure address — stresses the reed differently. Forestone reeds will far outlast good quality cane as the proprietary composite material is impervious to water-logging and breakdown by saliva, and will not warp due to changes in humidity or altitude. After a certain number of hours, however, the reeds will begin to feel less lively and responsive. The loss in vitality would signal the time has come to retire the reed in favor of a newer one.
Features
- Traditional Series
- French filed cut, very free blowing for easy playing
- Bright round sound
- Available Strength: S, MS, M, MH, H, XH
- Available Instrument: Tenor saxophone
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