Alexander A Sax 3 1/2 Bx5 Reeds

Description

The result of many months of developing and testing prototypes yielded the original “Alexander Superial” which was designed to produce a warm, resonant “buzz”, good projection, even scale throughout the registers, and a wide dynamic range.This was in line with the tonal concept of the “American” style single cut reeds, but with more developed heart and rear vamp area. A reed with too much of the heart or this vamp section (towards the back of the slope) taken out may seem easy to blow at first, but it will not usually last as long and will tend to generate less of a “spring” and natural resistance needed to produce a really big sound.We ran an extensive testing program with various professionals and we were also fortunate enough to have the valuable feedback from the renowned veteran mouthpiece maker Ralph Morgan, his excellent crew and others.After all our testing confirmed the good results of the final prototype, we believed we had finally come up with a reed worthy of manufacture.The combination of a new design influenced by traditional reed making concepts (and therefore in essence “time proven”), and the highest grade of cane we could find, became born as the original Alexander Superial with its yellow labeled tin.