Alto Saxophone Reeds

Yamaha plastic reed for alto saxophone, strength: 3.0, authentic playing feel, specially designed for beginners, optimized for use with Yamaha 4C mouthpiece (100497)

• Strength: Medium-soft
• Warm, dark sound
• Rounded tone
• Fast response

• Strength: 2.5
• Unfiled
• An immediate response and high degree of flexibility makes these reeds suitable for many jazz styles
• Quantity per pack: 5 Reeds

• Gauge: S (soft)
• French file
• Darker but slightly brighter sound than Black Bamboo
• Perfectly balanced sound
• Contains bamboo fibres and a special carbon mixture
• Durable and completely resistant to temperature changes, humidity and dehydration
• The W-Blast model has a special surface treatment for better projection, resonance and more sound volume

• Strength: 3.5
• Well suited to jazz styles
• Produce a warm, dynamically balanced and beautiful sound
• Quantity per pack: 5 Reeds

• Strength: 2.5
• Features a thicker tip than the traditional Vandoren reed and a longer palette
• Produces a brilliant and percussive sound - Particularly suitable for new styles of music

• Strength: 2.5
• The Java "Filed - Red cut" is part of the Java reed series from Vandoren, but with a completely new design - It is the first Vandoren jazz reed to feature a file cut (French cut)
• More flexible than its predecessor and with a little more grain in the tone, the Java "Filed - Red cut" offers a full, rich and centred sound with excellent projection and an extremely precise response

• Strength: M (medium)
• Forestone's Black Bamboo reeds contain an equal ratio of a special carbon composite material to bamboo fibres
• This mix increases the resistance of the reed and provides great projection
• The reeds are durable and resistant to fluctuations in temperature and humidity and do not dry out
• Reeds produce a perfectly balanced sound

• Strength: 2.5
• American cut ("unfiled")
• Developed by Marc Charpentier
• Manufactured from reed cane
• A less pronounced reed core than the Classic reed series enables it to vibrate over a larger palette
• A very durable reed
• Quantity per pack: 10 Reeds

• Strength: 3.5
• Suitable for all common mouthpieces
• Made from French cane
• Reed thickness (measured at the end): 3.4 mm
• Width at the front: 16 mm
• Width at the rear: 13.5 mm
• Approx. length: 70 mm
• The Alto model is characterised by its flexible yet extremely sustainable, soft and warm sound
• Quantity per pack: 10 Reeds

• Strength: 1.5
• Local 627 JAZZ
• More elastic and dynamic than regular cut
• Larger reed area
• More wood in the pronounced heart
• Radiant sound and fast response
• Gonzales Cane is naturally grown without the use of pesticides or weedkillers
• Due to the ideal climatic conditions in Argentina, these reeds offer optimal vibration behavior and therefore excellent overall quality
• Gonzalez is the world's largest manufacturer of cane
• Package content: 10 pieces

• Strength: Soft (2.0 - 2.5)
• The Bari reed with the quickest response
• Great projection and focus
• Uniform play through all registers

• Strength: 1.5+
• With a round and warm sound
• Rich harmonics at any volume
• Perfect and clear altissimo
• Resembles the sound produced by bamboo
• Absorbs 2 - 3 % moisture
• In order to reach a better sound, around 2 minutes of playing in is recommended
• Similar to bamboo, the reed breaks in during the first 30 minutes
• The break-in is only when using the reed for the first time. During this process, the internal structure of the reed will realign to your mouthpiece and embouchure.
• Manufactured using precision chemical engineering providing a high degree of consistency across all reeds
• Reed can be modified with a reed knife or sandpaper
• Manufactured using environmentally-friendly food-grade materials

• Strength: S (soft)
• Special "W-Blast" treatment for more projection and a more natural feel
• Materials: 50% Bamboo fibre, 50% Composite plastic
• Perfect for jazz, funk, fusion and pop styles
• Made in Japan

• Strength: 2.0
• American cut
• Further development of the Signature Series
• Responsive, colorful and full of personality
• Reinvented profile and heart
• Shorter and wider vamp
• Good vibrato properties due to ultra-fine edges
• Clear low register and lively altissimo
• Well suited for jazz (from beginners to professionals)

• Strength: Hard (4.0 - 4.5)
• The Bari reed with the quickest response
• Great projection and focus
• Uniform play through all registers

• Strength: 2.0
• Filed
• Developed for classical music
• Package contents: 10 reeds

• Strength: 3.0
• Concert grade reed with a round and warm sound
• Rich harmonics at any volume
• Perfect and clear altissimo
• Resembles the sound produced by cane reeds
• Absorbs 2% to 3% moisture
• In order to reach a better sound, around 2 minutes of playing in is recommended
• The reed breaks in during the first 30 minutes, just like cane reeds
• The break-in is only when using the reed for the first time. During this process, the internal structure of the reed will realign to your mouthpiece and embouchure.
• Manufactured using precision chemical engineering, which provides a high degree of consistency across all reeds
• Reed can be adjusted with a reed knife or sandpaper
• Manufactured using environmentally-friendly food-grade materials

• Strength: 1.75
• American cut
• Further development of the Signature Series
• Responsive, colorful and full of personality
• Reinvented profile and heart
• Shorter and wider vamp
• Good vibrato properties due to ultra-fine edges
• Clear low register and lively altissimo
• Well suited for jazz (from beginners to professionals)