Probably one of the cheapest brand of saxophone and clarinet reeds on the market, but something I keep going back to. These can be described as 'no frills' reeds coming in a box without the little plastic holders and being seperated by tissue paper. They generally work out at about under £1 for a reed so at this price you cant really complain about packaging. The standard of the reed itself is absoutley fine, one thing I would say is that they tend to be slightly softer than others and those that are used to using other reeds such as 'Vandoren' might want to thinking about traiding up a size, ie getting a 3 instead of a 2 1/2. I am very fond of the ...  Read the complete review

If you are a clarinet player then, chances are, if you go into a standard high street music shop and ask for a reed then you'll be asked whether you want a Vandoren reed or a Rico reed. The choice won't get much further than that. For those non-clarinettists who are mad enough to be reading this a reed is the "disposable" bit of a clarinet that actually makes the sound. Rico is a reed manufacturer who will be familiar to most. Their standard reeds are generally one of the cheapest and, as such, favoured by students who will go through more than their fair share. For a pro-musician they're probably associated with a poor sound and ...  Read the complete review

First off- apologies. I asked for this product to be included but while dooyoo has separate categories for keyboards/synths and pianos, there is no category for woodwind instruments! Can I just restate that the clarinet is not, I repeat NOT a kind of keyboard. Thank you. I began playing the clarinet when I was 11 years old, after several months of pestering my mum and dad. Although I wasn't particularly good when I started, I loved the look and feel of the instrument and I persevered, and I finally ended up as a music student at Leeds University with the clarinet as my first instrument. I didn't find the notes that hard when I was a kid; I could ...  Read the complete review