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REEDS, REEDS, REEDS! The bane of a sax player's life!So many brands, cuts, prices - it's a minefield! Then you find one that you like and the next one is totally different!It's no wonder that over the last decade or so many players have been opting for premium quality reeds - better cane and more exact manufacturing on a raw material that by it's very nature is inconsistent.The best cane produced on the market comes from the french company Rigotti - hence why most of the boutique brands have the …

"In 2014, I challenged our Woodwinds team to create the first synthetic reed to duplicate the properties and playing characteristics of natural cane. After numerous years and thousands of hours, we accomplished the task by creating a material matrix of co-polymers, longitudinal fibers and real cane elements that have the physical and sonic properties of real cane" -Jim D'Addario Here at Curly Woodwind HQ we've been hearing about D'Addario's (secret) project for quite a number of years - eve …