Klarinet Archive - Posting 000422.txt from 1999/02

From: avrahm galper <agalper@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Guy Legere reeds
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 08:28:38 -0500

Guy Legere Reeds

These Legere reeds have been mentioned quite a bit lately.
I've known Guy Legere for many years.
He was always into scientific things and helped me with some listening
device to tell the quality of my throat Bb invention.
He was interested in making some durable reed and worked incessantly at
it.
Since he was a scientist he was able to devise some sophisticated
machines for this purpose.
That's apart from investigating the various materials that would give
him the results he sought.

Yesterday, Guy came to visit me and left me some of his reeds. The one I
liked most was a #3 1/4.
It played well. I didn't play it too long.
But this morning a pupil came in and I let him play this reed for the
whole lesson.
He sounded great.
It sounded as if he had suddenly come across one of those fabulous
"dark" mouthpieces.
This, is for me still in the early stages.
I have to say, though, that the reeds are surprisingly good. Just pick
one and play.
Bravo, Guy Legere!

--
Avrahm Galper
TONE TECHNIQUE AND STACCATO
THE UPBEAT BAERMANN MELODIC SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS
http://www.sneezy.org/avrahm_galper/index.html

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