[Dixielandjazz] question about reeds

[Steve Voce]

I tried many reeds in the '50s, including the dreaded and dreadful 
plastic ones. There were many good makes.

Did you know reed players are prone to losing their bottom teeth because 
of the sawdust from reeds that accumulates there?

I gave up in time and I've still got mine (teeth, not reeds).

Steve Voce


On 25/09/2018 04:33, Charles Suhor wrote:
> I hope some of the clarinet playing elders on the list will be able to help me here. I'm writing a bio of my late brother, Don Suhor, and recall how he went through a time of "reed madness" in the 1950s—was never satisfied within the sound he was getting as he tried reed after reed. I'm told this is a fairly common obsession among young players. I remember Don using Rico Reeds but also seniding away for another brand that I recall, maybe wrongly, as T. J. Mercado Reeds. Does that name, or anything like it, ring a bell? I Googled it without results. Can you name other brands of reeds that were popular back then?
>
> Charles
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