I pulled a little stunt that sort of backfired during my band rehearsal. My coworker decided to create saxophone reeds for me on a 3D printer. So I tried one during rehearsal, which I suspected would be met by disapproval by the conductor. …
The printed reed was a little brighter and louder than I liked, and also warbly in the low range. So I restrained myself quite a bit. Then there was a part where my section had the melody. She stopped us three times to ask us to play louder. …
I don’t know why the other two tenor sax players were being so quiet but I personally was trying not to draw attention to my little experiment. Oops! 😝