Our products are available at leading retailers of musical instruments and accessories. If your local retailer does not stock the particular products you're interested in, the retailer can either order them directly from our factory or through his wholesale distributor. To soften a reed, use a thin piece of sandpaper to sand the facing of the reed. To make a reed harder, clip the tip with a reed trimmer. It may be better to use water to wet the reed.
Some people have a high acidity level in their saliva that can wear out the reeds more quickly.
However, make sure not to leave the reed in the water for too long. Unfortunately, we discontinued our crystal mouthpiece line several years ago. The 2RV and 5RV are identical. When the item number was changed, it created some confusion, so the older item number was reinstated. Both are available.