Tenor Saxophone Reeds, 10PCS Tenor Sax Reeds, Musical Instrument Accessories for Beginners Educators Students, 3.15 x 0.63 in, Thickness 0.15 in

I’m revisiting this review and the reeds it describes. I stand by everything I said about the sample of four reeds I tested, truly not well made.BUT today I came back and played through all of the reeds (eight in total, I threw out two that were badly deformed). I found three playable reeds. Note I call them playable as in they would probably do for ordinary purposes (practice, some rehearsals, the marching band) and sounded reasonably good. There was, in fact, one good reed (one of the three): responsive up and down the register, clear with a round, full sound. I would play it in a gig and be confident about the tone quality.A lot of comes down to the bottom line. Ten of these reeds currently sell for $7.99. A box of ten high end French made cane reeds sells for $34.00 with a lesser quality reed (in my opinion) made in the U.S.A. selling for $25.99. You do the math.Again, in my opinion, if you get three or four good reeds from ANY box of 10, you have done well. Everyone will have different ideas and experiences about that. One more time, it’s just my opinion. But if I were a beginner or a student with almost no budget for gear (and I have been both), I would roll the dice and buy two or three boxes of these Haosie reeds and hope to get more playable reeds than from one set that sells for three or four times as much. Frankly, I think it is worth risking $7.99 and hope for the best. But that’s just me. BEAR IN MIND THESE WERE MARKETED AS TENOR REEDS WHEN I BOUGHT THEM BUT THEY WERE ACTUALLY ALTO REEDS. You might want to contact the manufacturer and find out about that.So I’m changing my rating to four stars with all things taken in the balance. The rest of my review below is still accurate. And the underlying truth here is that cane reeds are horrifically expensive! You pay your money and you take your chances!I recommend these reeds with the cautions presented. Good luck!FYI, I have been a musician all of my life and a sax player for about 40 years.First of all, though these are sold as and labeled as TENOR saxophone reeds, they are, in fact, ALTO saxophone reeds. The only sax featured in the Haosie ad is an alto, but tenor is still on the label. Not impressive. In my photos from left to right are: 1.) a product label naming the Haosie reeds as tenor sax reeds, 2.) one of the actual Haosie reeds, 3.) another alto reed made by a well known French reed maker, and last on the right 4.) an actual TENOR sax reed. As you can see, the tenor reed is much larger than the alto reeds. You may also note that the Haosie alto reed is cut oddly and is off center. In the second picture, you will see that the Haosie reed is uneven seen from the base of it, looking more like the shape of an airplane wing. While the next picture shows the French made reed that is much more symmetrical.All this leads one to believe that the Haosie reeds are pretty much worthless. I didn’t try all of them but tried a sampling of four. Without exception they were either dead and dull or buzzy sounding (kind of like a kazoo, only not as much fun). As they are, they are indeed mostly worthless, and certainly not something to saddle a beginner with. It’s tricky enough to catch on when you first start learning without having to try and overcome a very poor quality reed.Also, sax reeds are typically given a numeric designation that is a general indicator of their “hardness”. In broad strokes, the higher the number the more rigid the reed. These reeds are given no such designation.As above, I recommend these with the cautions pointed out.Keep playing. Practice, practice, practice. But always have fun!