VANDORENRue Lepic Bb Clarinet Reeds - Box of 10 - Strength 3.5

Reeds are very much a personnal choice and need to match the player and mouthpiece. I play with a vandoren M13 profile 88 mouthpiece, which likes a hard reed. Vadoren 56s have a reputation for having a short life but, I have never had that problem and, all in all the life of these reed at strength of 3.5, I find very good. A softer reed may show this issue. I am not a professional player, but this is by far my favourite reed. I has a clear and pure tone that is maybe a little quieter than some other reeds but, suits the classical and traditional genres really well. I am no jazz or kletzmer player but, I would imagine you would want something with a little more oomph in it for that. The consistency of quality is pretty good although I have noted a dud or two but, every so often a box throws up the reed equivalent of stradivarious. The negative is that they a pricy so they may not be the sort of reed you would want to give to a inexperienced young player. But, if there is an exam coming up it may be a worth while investment if you want to play - hunt the stradivarious and find teh very best reed in the box. Could make a big difference to tone and exam outcome

Worth paying a little more

I use strength 3 on a Vandoren M13 mouthpiece. No real duds in the box.

Good reeds, nice quality but delivered a day late so be aware if you need the reeds in short notice

Good product as usual

very happy with the price and the item. Cheapest ones I've found so far!

Perfect

Arrived very quickly. Very good quality reeds.