Reeds - A Short Story
That Doesn't Need To Exist
That Doesn't Need To Exist
| Reed Use: In the picture above, there are 65 boxes of bad reeds. Wasted, unusable reeds. That's 650 reeds (plus countless others from before and after this photo was taken). For those wondering, in the average box, only one or two reeds are found suitable by Bob, each lasting for only around a week depending on the thickness of the reed. |
| Reed Sorting: When Bob is "on a reed hunt", he first just tries reeds on the neck on the saxophone, and this sorts out the "maybes" from the "horribles". The horribles are sometimes then jammed in to the wall and thrown on the floor. Then, he'll usually find a few maybes, and sort them out for use on certain gigs. If a great reed is found, it will be worshiped and protected, as a tiny fracture in a reed will destroy it. |
| Reed Cost: Reeds don't come cheap. The price is anywhere from $17 to $22 a box. There are 10 reeds in a box of Rico Royals, the reed Bob uses (for now......) so- $20/10 = $2.00 per reed. Update: Bob has been ordering reeds from the Internet, some rarer international brands may offer better reeds, elusive though they may be. |
| So this is the story on reeds so far. There are different brands of reeds sold, but when they are made from the same plant and have the same basic shape, how different can they be? Maybe Bob will comment on The Reed Phenomenon, but for now, he is on a lifelong reed hunt.* *Plastic reeds aren't cool, but thats a whole other discussion. That'll be in the next post... |
| G o i n g h o m e f r o m w h e r e v e r y o u c a m e. . . |
