![]() ![]() According to Forestone, these reeds are “very durable and completely insensitive to all the influences of temperature, humidity and dehydration.” Forestone Unfiled alto reed (F3) When I first received these reeds, they reminded me of the Rico Jazz Select Unfiled, Rigotti Gold, and Alexander Superial reeds that I regularly play on both tenor and alto. So when I learned of the brand’s new un-filed reeds, I had to try them out on both my alto and my tenor. This new cut reed is targeted towards jazz saxophonists going for the sounds of the 50’s and 60’s. Over 50% of the wood fiber used in this reed is bamboo. This material allows the Forestone reed to be flexible, resilient, and most importantly, produce a clean sound. The Forestone reed is made up of a combination of polypropylene resin and cellulose wood fiber. For those of you unfamiliar with Forestone, to recap from my article: For some time Forestone filed reeds have been my reed of choice. I actually reviewed their original line of reeds this past January in my post-NAMM 2012 article. ![]()
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