Vandoren, Please Revert To Your Old Reed Packaging

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   Name: Dirk Wickenden on Feb 13, 2008

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   Name: Robert Shumard on Feb 13, 2008

   Comments: Please return to the old packaging.

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   Name: Anonymous on Feb 13, 2008

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   Name: Aaron on Feb 13, 2008

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   Name: Shane Krause on Feb 13, 2008

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   Name: Michael Johnson on Feb 13, 2008

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   Name: Steve Marsh on Feb 13, 2008

   Comments: After using Vandoren Java reeds on saxophones for 20 years, I can say that your new packaging yields reeds on vastly inferior quality. Many of these new reeds are totally worthless. Please go back to your old packaging! And yes, all that extra plastic and paper is bad for the environment.

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   Name: Anonymous on Feb 14, 2008

   Comments: yeah, wasteful and doesn't really do much.

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   Name: Johnnie Murphy on Feb 14, 2008

   Comments: Please go back to the packaging from back in the purple box days.

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    Name: Matthew Hetzler on Feb 14, 2008

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    Name: Ben K on Feb 14, 2008

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    Name: Bryan Qu on Feb 14, 2008

    Comments: Playing your reeds exclusively for the past bit, I've had to switch around quite often because Vandorens are simply not what they used to be. Recently, opening up a box of oldstock V16s, they played amazingly better than the "factory fresh" packged reeds that are now being produced.

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    Name: Ryan Knight on Feb 14, 2008

    Comments: The new packaging system is not good for the reeds nor us musicians--especially those of us that have many saxes to carry around. Rico introduced the vitalizer pack which is available separately or comes with the Rico Reserve reeds...the new packaging just doesn't work--we'd like the extra money spent on packaging to go into better cane maturation and selection instead of packaging...also DATE the boxes of reeds...that will put you up in the competion...DATE THE BOXES....at least in batches..

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    Name: Anonymous on Feb 14, 2008

    Comments: The box is too big, they are a pain in the @$$ to unwrap each reed. and they sound WORSE!

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    Name: Neil Broeker on Feb 14, 2008

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    Name: Shannon Baker on Feb 14, 2008

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    Name: Ian Hart on Feb 15, 2008

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    Name: Zach Frotton on Feb 15, 2008

    Comments: Please go back to the old packaging!

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    Name: John Dikeman on Feb 15, 2008

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    Name: Pete Thomas on Feb 15, 2008

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    Name: Robert Beeson on Feb 15, 2008

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    Name: John Bleuel on Feb 15, 2008

    Comments: PLEASE revert to the old packaging. The quality of your reeds appears to have deteriorated significantly. The extra wrapping has a recycyle symbol on it, but I have been told that it is not acceptable as recycleable material at my local recycling center.

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    Name: Glenn Good on Feb 15, 2008

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    Name: Kevin Horton on Feb 15, 2008

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    Name: Timothy Roberts on Feb 15, 2008

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    Name: Anonymous on Feb 15, 2008

    Comments: I totally agree.

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    Name: Clifford Leaman on Feb 15, 2008

    Comments: The new packaging does nothing positive that I can see; however, it does take up an unusually large amount of room, and it is impossible to leave the reeds in the box after taking them out of the individual packaging, as they just wander around the box. I can't keep them straight this way. It is also VERY environmentally unfriendly as compared to the old-stye box.

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    Name: Anonymous on Feb 15, 2008

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    Name: Todd Morrison on Feb 15, 2008

    Comments: I've always used Vandoren, but these are fuzy, and horrible after 15 minutes. Humidity from the south of France doesn't do me any good here in the USA...

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    Name: Adam Grimm on Feb 15, 2008

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    Name: Lisa Fiorilli on Feb 15, 2008

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    Name: Ken Matthews on Feb 15, 2008

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    Name: Andrew Wheeler on Feb 15, 2008

    Comments: I can't stand the new packaging! The reeds I have used so far (10 boxes) have had a completely different character then the old reeds. I actually reverted to several old boxes for my last recital.

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    Name: Jo-Ann Sternberg on Feb 15, 2008

    Comments: I have been deeply troubled by this mode of packaging. It's wasteful and it renders the reed quality even more sub-standard than usual!

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    Name: Tom Bergeron on Feb 15, 2008

    Comments: I hate the new package. I have boxes of Vandoren reeds that are 20 years old, and they play great. The idea that you need to seal them is absurd.

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    Name: Hart L Linker on Feb 15, 2008

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    Name: Joseph Dorsch on Feb 15, 2008

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    Name: Kathy Creath on Feb 15, 2008

    Comments: The old style was so simple and easy and provided nice, consistent reeds. Please bring back the old style packaging.

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    Name: Cole Belt on Feb 15, 2008

    Comments: Please revert to your old packaging, the new way seems inefficient as far as what you're spending money on, because it really doesn't change the quality that they come out playing. In addition it's just plain annoying.

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    Name: Julian D. Barton on Feb 15, 2008

    Comments: The previous packaging was just fine. There is no need to fix something that isn't broken. The new boxes take up way too much room!

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    Name: Anonymous on Feb 15, 2008

    Comments: Far too much hassle and extra trash! Bring back the old boxes.

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    Name: Djamel Mami on Feb 15, 2008

    Comments: If musicians want to keep their reeds in an airtight case, it should be their own responsibility to do so. The extra packaging is a waste.

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    Name: Getta Life on Feb 15, 2008

    Comments: You are all idiots. Period.

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    Name: Rachael Falls on Feb 15, 2008

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    Name: Ed Bingham on Feb 15, 2008

    Comments: My students and I refer to the reeds as the ones with Child-Proof Packaging.

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    Name: Arthur Bouton on Feb 15, 2008

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    Name: Dale Wolford on Feb 15, 2008

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    Name: Anonymous on Feb 15, 2008

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    Name: Michael Gray on Feb 15, 2008

    Comments: For those of us living in dry and/or high altitude climates, the packaging makes it difficult to find reeds that adjust well to the change. While the reeds may be sealed in the perfect humid conditions, that is not the conditions in which they will be played and thus the extra packaging is useless to us. Thank you for your consideration.

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    Name: Anonymous on Feb 15, 2008

    Comments: I have noticed that in the past four years the quality of your reeds is deteriorating. I would usually have found about seven alto reeds out of a box of ten that would work for me, and I would be able to salvage one or two more. It got to the point where only two or three would work well and I couldn't salvage any of the others. I began to purchase the hand-select reeds because I hoped those would be better quality but even they were quite inconsistent. I am very close to switching brands because of the recent poor quality.

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