Surprisingly, when the V21 Clarinet Reeds are applied to the Vandoren CL5 Masters Mouthpiece, the brightness is neither enhanced nor reduced but restrained, and the all-too-bright quality of the Vandoren CL5 Masters Mouthpiece no longer comes across as excessive

In order to execute a purely French or German timbre, one may want to consider applying the V21 Vandoren Clarinet Reeds to either the Vandoren CL5 Masters Mouthpiece or the Vandoren M30D Mouthpiece, given the fact that their brightness and mellowness are contrary to the extreme