My Return From the Darkside of Synthetic Saxophone Reeds

by Neal on February 6, 2010

For a time I played around with synthetic reeds on saxophone….

Cane reeds were making me mad- I had switched mouthpieces, so my old reeds didn’t seem quite right with the new piece.

So synthetic reeds can be tempting!  You just put them on and play a consistent reed….

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But the sound isn’t as good.

You sacrifice a better sound for a consistent experience- a reed that lasts longer and each one you get plays the same.

But then I realized that it wasn’t worth it, I wanted a better sound again.

So I’m back on cane!

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