Re: Flying Goose soprano sax reeds?
If it's the same width, then you've got yourself a soprano reed. Clarinet reeds are noticeably thinner.
Takes me a couple of one hour sessions to break in a Vandoren 3.0 (or any reed for that matter) to know if it needs adjustment or not. All cane reeds are a little stiffer at first than they will be after after being played for a while. Once they are broken in, they hold steady for until wear and tear sets in - they they might get to be too soft.
I've had cane reeds that played great right out of the box, but then I found them to be a little too soft once they broke in.
Lightning may strike me dead for asking this, but have you tried or considered synthetic reeds? I'm not totally crazy about them on soprano, but they do work for some set-ups. I like BARI's and Fibracells on alto, tenor, bari, but on soprano, BARI's don't work as well intonation-wise as Fibracells. And Fibracells are more cane-like in their tone and performance.
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