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Vandoren | Traditional Bb Clarinet Reeds CR10

Howarth of London

£2.85

The Vandoren Traditional is the most widely played reed in the world, with a superiority proven over the years. These reeds are perfect for all styles of music and are suitable for all players from, beginners to top professionals. Vandoren Traditionals are known for their excellent response in all registers, allowing a pianissimo attack on even the highest notes. They are also extremely flexible, allowing easy execution of large interval jumps while maintaining a richness of tone that gives body and clarity to the sound, a hallmark of Vandoren reeds. Available in strengths 1 to 5.The Tradition

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The part other shops don't tell you. Three separate questions, kept separate on purpose, each with its source.

UK company
Registered at Companies House as HOWARTH OF LONDON LIMITED, number 00492396. Checked 2026-08-29.
Means the business is a British legal entity, not a British-sounding name owned elsewhere. It says nothing about where anything is made.
UK operations
Not yet checked.
Means people employed here, or premises they actually work from. We keep this separate from the company badge because a registered office can be an accountant's spare room, and a company can be registered in Britain while everything it does happens somewhere else. Where we have not looked, we say so rather than assuming.
British-owned
Not established. Many companies file a statement rather than naming a controlling shareholder.
Read from the register of people with significant control, following the chain of holding companies. It does not gate anything: a firm can be made here and owned elsewhere, and that is worth telling you rather than hiding.
Where it is made
The maker doesn't say, so neither do we.
This is about the individual product, not the company. A British firm can sell things made abroad, which is normal and not a criticism. We would rather tell you which is which than average them into a score.