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Yesterday I was playing tenor and struggling to find a reed that worked well on my guardala studio (seems to be a VERY reed picky mouthpiece). I'd struggled to find a ligature that was the right fit as it's a very slim mouthpiece, so out of curiousity opened up a new alto reed (Vandoren V16 2.5) and slapped that on - it seemed to work really well. I used this combo in a 3 hour rehearsal this morning without any problems. The mouthpiece is narrow enough for the alto reed to not leave a gap between the reed and the rails.
Does anybody else do this? I can find lots of threads with people talking about using a bari reed on a tenor mouthpiece, but not alto.
Does anybody else do this? I can find lots of threads with people talking about using a bari reed on a tenor mouthpiece, but not alto.