Reeds by Rico
Rico has been producing quality reeds since 1927 and have a history of premier craftsmanship and innovation. Their superior range of reeds include Rico Royal, Plasticover, Mitchell Lurie, La Voz, Jazz Select and Hemke, all of which you can now buy here at exceptional prices, with immediate delivery and low shipping costs.
Rico Royal
Extremely popular! Used by beginners to professionals, classical to jazz. Features a traditional French filed cut for increased response.
Plasticover
Coated with plastic to assist changes in moisture and climate. The plastic coating also provides a clear, projecting tone. French-filed cut.
Mitchell Lurie
Mitchell Lurie Premium reeds feature a slightly thinner tip for ease of play, quick response and articulation. Filed cut for flexibility and fast response.
La Voz
The classic American cut reed that's a favourite of jazz players. Un-filed, premium cane for a powerful tone.
Hemke
Designed by master saxophonist Frederick L. Hemke. Hemke reeds feature a shorter vamp for a dark tone, a balanced, slightly thinner tip for quick response and articulation, and French file for flexibility. Though this Premium grade reed was designed primarily for classical saxophonists, it has worked it's way into the jazz community as well.
Jazz Select
Top of the line reed designed for jazz players. Rico Select Jazz features a strong heart and longer vamp, for great projection and a clear, fat, flexibile tone with fast response.
Reeds by Vandoren
With many years of experience and expert knowledge Vandoren are considered one of the finest reed makers, working right from growing their own cane. With the choice of Java, V12, V16, Traditional and the new 56 rue Lepic, players are certain to find the reed to suit their needs.
Traditional
This reed is designed to produce a quality of extremely pure sound due to a very thin reed tip (the area of reed with maximum vibration), balanced by a solid vertebral column (more cane in the area which climbs gradually to the heel). These reeds are recognizable by a straight line that delineates the limit of the area of bark.
Java
Developed by Vandoren in 1983 for jazz and popular music. A thicker tip and a more flexible pallet than the Traditional reed allow vibration over a larger surface area with maximum elasticity. This type of vertebral column gives the musician much greater playing flexibility, as the resultant elasticity zone is very large. The JA stands for Jazz and the VA stands for Variety (entertainment music) and ...Vandoren.
V16
Launched in 1993 to answer the demand of some American jazz musicians for a reed with even more wood. This has a thicker tip than the traditional Vandoren reeds and a longer pallet. Sound: more brilliant, more percussive, particularly well adapted to all the new styles of music.
ZZ
In tests with Jazz saxophonists, the artists found the new reed to be immediately responsive without sacrificing the brightness or tone quality required for their style of music. Its free-blowing characteristics made the artists immediate fans of the new reed.
V12
These reeds are manufactured from cane tubes with the same diameter as cane used for alto saxophone reeds. As a result, they have a thicker heel and are cut on a longer pallet with a slightly thicker tip than the Traditional. The longer pallet means that more of the reed is vibrating, resulting in a deeper, richer sound. The thicker tip gives body to the attack and also increases the longevity of the reed.
Rue Lepic 56
Named for the home of Vandoren, the 56 Rue Lepic is the newest addition to Vandoren’s much-heralded line of clarinet reeds. Designed from thicker cane with a heel taper very similar to German-style reeds, the 56 emits a rich, centered, and extremely pure sound while providing maximum stability and quick response in all registers. Strength gradations are smaller and more specific, resulting in reeds that are very consistent. The 56 Rue Lepic comes in Vandoren's exclusive humidity balanced, factory- fresh packaging, so all reeds play as if you selected them at the factory in the South of France.
