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<blockquote data-quote="Tonehole" data-source="post: 628720" data-attributes="member: 9647">Yes, this was back in 1998 a much different time even instructors were not gear adicts the way everyone is today. They played old horns and old mouthpieces. My private teacher played Conn with a Link. Everyone played Links on tenor and Meyer on alto and a few white Brillharts. I cannot remember how many reed brands back then but not many. I know I played Rico on sax and Vandoren on clarinet at the insistence of my clarinet instructor.I don&#039;t remember this fetish with reeds like we have today but I was young.My private teacher was College taught and his only push was to play a rubber Link and get to a 7* as fast as possible. Even Slants were not as big a deal back then.Do you older players recall how many reed brands and how much a big deal the perfect reed was back then.Did people search for the holy grail of reeds? I know Trane and others pursued mouthpieces but I have not read of them fretting over reeds.I imagine the reeds were crap way back when - say the 50s? Maybe those old players would think a current Orange Box Rico was a gift from the Gods?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tonehole, post: 628720, member: 9647"] Yes, this was back in 1998 a much different time even instructors were not gear adicts the way everyone is today. They played old horns and old mouthpieces. My private teacher played Conn with a Link. Everyone played Links on tenor and Meyer on alto and a few white Brillharts. I cannot remember how many reed brands back then but not many. I know I played Rico on sax and Vandoren on clarinet at the insistence of my clarinet instructor. I don't remember this fetish with reeds like we have today but I was young. My private teacher was College taught and his only push was to play a rubber Link and get to a 7* as fast as possible. Even Slants were not as big a deal back then. Do you older players recall how many reed brands and how much a big deal the perfect reed was back then. Did people search for the holy grail of reeds? I know Trane and others pursued mouthpieces but I have not read of them fretting over reeds. I imagine the reeds were crap way back when - say the 50s? Maybe those old players would think a current Orange Box Rico was a gift from the Gods? [/QUOTE]

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