As I understand it, there are only a handful of Italian reed makers (e.g. Binci, Cagnoni, Voci Armoniche, Siva) and each of them supply all the accordion manufacturers with products across the full range of available reed types, including commercial, dural, tipo-a-mano, and a-mano.
Individual players probably have subjective preference for the sound of reeds from one particular manufacturer vs. another.
But is there any general opinion about whether reeds of a certain type are “better” when coming from one manufacturer or another? In other words, can it be said that, for example, the dural reeds from Manufacturer A are demonstrably superior to those of the other manufacturers’ dural reeds, or that the Tipo-a-Mano reeds from Manufacturer B are clearly inferior to the others?
...or are the reeds from all the manufacturers so close in quality across the spectrum of product that the reed manufacturer does not really much matter?
Individual players probably have subjective preference for the sound of reeds from one particular manufacturer vs. another.
But is there any general opinion about whether reeds of a certain type are “better” when coming from one manufacturer or another? In other words, can it be said that, for example, the dural reeds from Manufacturer A are demonstrably superior to those of the other manufacturers’ dural reeds, or that the Tipo-a-Mano reeds from Manufacturer B are clearly inferior to the others?
...or are the reeds from all the manufacturers so close in quality across the spectrum of product that the reed manufacturer does not really much matter?
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