Description
The Vandoren range of clarinet reeds includes:
| Name | Tip | Heel | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mm | inch | mm | inch | ||
| Traditional | 0.09 | 0.0035 | 2.80 | 0.110 | French file cut. Widely used by students and professionals. |
| V12 | 0.10 | 0.0040 | 3.15 | 0.124 | French file cut. Thicker reed with a fuller sound. |
| 56 rue Lepic | 0.11 | 0.0045 | 3.25 | 0.128 | Unfiled cut. Even thicker with rich, focussed sound. |
| V21 | 0.10 | 0.0040 | 3.25 | 0.128 | Unfiled cut. Combines qualities of V12 and 56 rue Lepic. |
The Vandoren company was founded in 1905 in France and quickly became a leading producer of reeds, mouthpieces and accessories for clarinets and saxophones. It remains a family business and in the early 1990s transferred its centre of operations from its historic workshops in the rue Lepic, Paris to southern France where most of the cane used for its reed manufacture is grown.
Manufacturer’s website: vandoren.fr
