Details

A thicker tip and more flexible palette than the Traditional reed.

Developed in 1983 for jazz and popular music, the JAVA reed features a thicker tip and a more flexible palette* than the Traditional reed. This allows vibration over a larger surface area with maximum elasticity. 

This type of vertebral column gives the musician much greater playing flexibility, as the resultant elasticity zone is very large. 

*Pallete: zone where the waves are propogated with the greatest range. From the tip, the waves are absorbed further in the JAVA reed.