Alto saxaphone reed?

Question:What is the highest number reed you can use? Right now i use a size 3.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: What is the highest number reed you can use? Right now i use a size 3.

the highest reed for any instrument that uses a similar reed - such as a clarinet, tenor sax, baritone sax, etc. - is 5. theyre all based on a scale of 1-5 - 5 being the hardest. The universal recommendation however is 3.5