Royal by D'Addario Tenor Sax Reeds, Strength 1.5, 10-pack

Love the Rico royals!!! Recommend as a good alternative to Vandorens if you teach or have a kid in beginning band.

These are MY reed of choice. Even before the fact that these are the best priced reeds on the market. But, before I came to that conclusion, that these reeds are the best for me. First, I got a good reed file. I think it was $30, I dunno, it was a gift. But to make for an excellent reed, there can be NO air leakage between the reed and the mouthpiece. And even though, these reed say they are, filed. It is not good enough. That work was done on some assembly line somewhere. It is NOT acceptable, to me.

After a 20 year hiatus, I recently started playing my Tenor Sax again. The decades old 3.0 reeds in my instrument case seemed very stiff and unresponsive. Maybe it's their age, or the fact that I am starting over, so I decided to go back to 2.0 reeds I used as a student. I have always used Rico Reeds, as they were recommended by the man I purchased my first sax from at age 13. It was an Alto, and the man was a retiring professional jazz saxophonist of 40 years. I figured it was the best advice I could possibly get, so I bought Rico's. I have tried others, but always went back to Rico. The 2.0 's are working very well for me, I am extremely pleased with them!! And, of course, you can't beat Amazon's price and service!

They play like the former Rico Royal. I have played that brand for many years and these appear to be the same right out of the box.

Wonderful reeds, they even have a new reed taste.

These reeds are great for anyone looking to buy strength 3.0 reeds! Once you get them slightly used, they make beautiful sound and aren’t awkward to use. I’d recommend them to people who have somewhat experience in saxophone and want cleaner, crisper notes, not beginners. Pretty good value for amazing reeds!

Best reeds, we can find, Great service

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