I found this chart, comparing different reed strengths for a variety of the major manufactures, over on the Forestone website and extracted a copy. Thought others might find it interesting and a good starting point for reed cross-selection
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This is why I think these charts are a waste of time. Comparing Rigotti Gold JAZZ reeds to BSS reeds, the chart above is exactly backwards from my experience. 3 1/2 BSS is only a little bit stronger than Rigotti 3 Medium, for me. This is true for both alto and tenor.
I think reed strength charts are useful if you are contemplating switching from one brand to another, and have no experience with the new brand. But when I have done that, I have generally bought 2 or 3 strengths of the new reeds, kind of surrounding the reed that I know. Of course, being an inveterate futzer, I now have boxes of various reeds that I likely won't ever play...
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