In the 60's  the Selmer Co. produced plastic reeds called Ben Davies Vocaltone.
Another, named PTD was of fibreglass/resin composition.
I tried both and found they vibrated more freely than cane, sounded different and cut into the the lower lip at the edges.
I am finding the Rico Plasticover has none of these drawbacks, though they do soften up eventually, like any cane reed.
Eddie

I can't play with a synthetic reed but I use them for testing pourposes. I also know some very good player who uses them. The only real advantage I see is that some of them last long...

Dan

--- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, "Edward McLean" <ed@...> wrote:
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> In the 60's  the Selmer Co. produced plastic reeds called Ben Davies Vocaltone.
> Another, named PTD was of fibreglass/resin composition.
> I tried both and found they vibrated more freely than cane, sounded different and cut into the the lower lip at the edges.
> I am finding the Rico Plasticover has none of these drawbacks, though they do soften up eventually, like any cane reed.
> Eddie
>