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    15 Responses to “Rico Reeds”

    1. Anonymous Says:
      April 12th, 2008 at 6:10 am

      I was was in a hurry to get a new reed, so I tried one of these. The reed opening was way to big and I could barely play it. It was IMPOSSIBLE to even keep a note at one pitch! Then the little wire thing around the reed cut my lip. When I tried to adjust the reed opening, it cracked right down the middle! NEVER buy a Rico oboe reed. They’re terrible. This company is only good for Clarinet and Saxophone reeds if that….

    2. Michael Kenyon Says:
      March 12th, 2008 at 7:00 am

      I find rico reeds are a really good free sounding reeds. I have been playing on one of these reeds on/off for about 6 months now and it has an really reedy/free tone, and produces a nice vibrato. I think it was a medium/medium hard.

    3. Anonymous Says:
      December 17th, 2007 at 2:15 pm

      I have only been playing for a year, but these reeds are not that bad for a beginner like myself and are the only reeds i can get without ordering them offline.

    4. hoboe Says:
      October 29th, 2007 at 4:51 pm

      Hate these reeds. My mom keeps bugging me about it when she goes and gets me a reed like Rico at a store out of town and I try them and hate them…. She just doesn’t understand!!! The reeds supllied around my area stink!!

    5. observer Says:
      October 20th, 2007 at 6:33 am

      Rico has quit selling oboe and bassoon reeds under the Rico and La Voz reed names. This is what the music stores are saying now.

    6. rnlmelody Says:
      September 21st, 2007 at 8:24 am

      I’ve seen a lot of Rico reeds with wire, probably because they can’t stay open on their own. These reeds are hard to play and sound awful. Please don’t waste your money.

    7. Anonymous Says:
      May 2nd, 2007 at 12:58 pm

      4 years played - These reeds have pretty bad tone and they are really soft. I wouldn’t reccomment these.

    8. Anonymous Says:
      March 1st, 2007 at 8:54 pm

      Definitely do NOT recommend.

    9. Clara Says:
      February 8th, 2007 at 2:35 pm

      maybe I’m kinda biased (because my director hates the clarinet and sax rico reeds) but I think that a few do agree with me that these reeds aren’t that great….I’ve already left my comments (as anonymous on the Jan.26) so there ya go…

    10. J.A.K. Says:
      January 27th, 2007 at 11:42 am

      Returning intermediate student. I have a squawking fibrecane reed that actually serves me better as a emergency backup than the best reed Rico sells. Appalling.

    11. Anonymous Says:
      January 26th, 2007 at 1:51 pm

      I don’t like these reeds never have never will…I will use them for minor things if necessary b/c they are the ONLY reed I can find nearby.

    12. cath Says:
      July 4th, 2006 at 9:03 am

      I used them for about 3 months, and found them ok to begin with. They were poor quality though, and I quickly moved on to Nick Winfield reeds, which I love!

    13. EmChev Says:
      April 10th, 2006 at 7:46 am

      At my first Oboe lesson my teacher gave me a Rico reed to try. I found it really hard to make a sound…which was because the reed kept falling in on its self! I had a reed of another make which I had been reccomended by Howarths when I bought my oboe, and I found this much easier to play on, confirming our thoughts that the Rico reed was the problem.

      Although it has to be considered that I am aleady a Flute player and so may have stronger muscles than those who are beginning oboe for the first time, espechially at a young age. The Rico reed may work well for younger, first instrument beginners but it was not for me.

    14. Howard Ng Says:
      March 29th, 2006 at 7:15 am

      Poorly made staple, over soft cane, no vibrations, i wonder if their highest criteria is to make the reed ’sound’, and then they sell it at a price no one can afford. Very very idiotic when you consider Rico sells such wonderful single reeds.

    15. vboboe Says:
      March 27th, 2006 at 10:59 pm

      18 month newbie comment - tried these in my first six months, medium soft collapsed readily, mediums collapsed quickly, no medium hards available locally so went over to another brand after that. Cane coarse grain and goes mushy when wet. Worked OK in very beginning when embouchure still weak, but quickly outgrew them. Might suit youngsters starting on oboe much better than adults but triangular plastic tube packaging bends and crushes easily, and needs great care putting reed back inside without damaging tips. No ventilation to air-dry reeds in this packaging either.

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