Thanks for watching! And yes for a week this became a lifestyle choice. Thanks for noticing that:)

Incredible! thank you! I am honored that my words and ideas moved you - and thrilled that it worked out :)

the really funny part of the Pete Fountain story is that we all (in today's world) think that the reeds back in his day were the "good" ones

The ATG is totally amazing right? I like the D’Addario reserve classic too. Balancing the tip is a game changer for me. Thanks for watching!

That kid knocks me out with every word she says and every expression on her face. Every time I use the ATG (particularly if I am fixing a reed to play on public) I hear the little voice…” daddy can I do that?” It kills me!

Thanks Craig! I am much better with the simplicity of the atg!

I wouldn't say that I burnish the back of the reed. Maybe sometimes I do. If it's warped and needs to be flattened out, it's hard to avoid doing that. Lately, I have been using the reedgeek to flatten the backs of the reeds when need be. When I get the backs of my reeds too polished, the water tends to bead up on them and I get noise in my sound because of the water on the reed,. The reeds can play very well when polished on the back (it also stabilizes them a bit). In any case, my answer is yes or no and sometimes I wish I hadn't and sometimes I think I should do it more....how is that for a terrible answer:)?

Just in case you missed it she’s too precious!😘💕🙏

I would now because I found a reed trimmer I believe in. At the time I made this video, my success rate with a reed trimmer was zero percent

@@clarinetninja What trimmer to you like? BTW: Thanks for your work!

@@mddale I learned that Vandoren makes a specific trimmer for each cut of reed they make. I guess it has been out for years, but I just learned of it last December. It has a shaper to match exactly with (for example) a V12. It’s hyper specific and I would have to get another if I switched to another cut, but it worked great if I go to far with the ATG.

@@clarinetninja thanks

I think that's a great question. If I may, I will re-state it to "why is the quality control so shoddy?" First of all, I have to acknowledge that reed companies may not agree with the measurements that Ben Armato uses. Beyond that - even if they do - there are issues of cane stability. It is possible that the reeds are exactly right when leaving the factory and change shape in transit or the first time they hit water or saliva. It could be that the cane is not aged as long as it should be, They may be stored inappropriately at the retailer. I did hear that Vandoren started to individually wrap the reeds in plastic because of how they saw the reed at a couple of the major sellers right above heaters. Lastly, I also have to acknowledge that I have never made, packaged, transported across the globe, or sold reeds - perhaps there is no avoiding this issue because it is so deeply baked into the process. Those are my ideas about it....the short answer would be "I dunno" - however, conjecture is a lot more fun:) Thanks for watching and commenting!

I can tell you this....Ben Armato claims the reed wizard is for all reeds including saxophone. I have not done extensive testing to check that out and offer a personal perspective. If my technique is a little different than Tom Ridenour is not on purpose. I have found that the atg works so generally on the reeds that there is a pretty wide margin of error with it. I love that about the atg

I am not sure what you mean. This is a video about how to work on reeds. I don’t sell reeds. There are Amazon links in the description, but any transaction is between you and Amazon

What are this Price

@@MuhammadKamran-ox8ys I am not sure what the price would be for delivery to Pakistan

You can learn me some exercises in clarinet

The reed swells up again I guess…that is the only explanation I can come up with

Ok, not bad. You might want to check out Tom's video from last few years on French Embouchure where he deals with some of the finer points like balancing the reed front to back. It helped me take my game up another level with the ATG and other tools.

@@whoitisnot interesting perspective. I am not sure what type of reed you are used to schools giving to band students for free. While the school I teach at is wonderful, there is not the budget to hand out V12’s or D’Addario reserves to 5th and 6th graders for the year. My experience is that this is normal. I don’t see a credibility issue in that. I don’t play orange box #2 Rico’s when I perform on Broadway, Radio City Music Hall, or anywhere else. I didn’t use them in this video either.

@@clarinetninja Sure, man. All good. You seem to expect the discerning viewer to just intuit all that. If you turned on a fancy cooking video and saw a brick of velveeta prominently on display in the kitchen as it started you might feel some cognitive dissonance as well. Just saying.