Klarinet Archive - Posting 001157.txt from 1999/11

From: "Ed Maurey" <edsshop@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] Legere reeds
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 02:28:16 -0500

I have practically no bass experience. Contact Guy Legere at
www.legere.com.
Ed Maurey
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From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net>
Date: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Legere reeds

>Dave Renaud,
>
>I have a Selmer 33 bass clarinet. I use a Morgan "D" facing mpc that I just
love. I have 35 years of reed adjustment knowledge. I would gladly kiss all
that farting around with reeds goodby. Do you have any experience with his
bass
>clarinet reeds? In your opinion, do you think the sound would be as good as
the best well broken in, burnished and balanced reed I could muster? I'm
interested only in the very best sound quality.
>
>David Renaud wrote:
>
>> I tried approximately 8 at a convention booth, and found all slightly
different.
>> In fact one of the clarinet #4 was slightly stiffer then one 4.25.
>> Guy admitted this can sometimes be the case.
>>
>> Has anyone else noticed this?
>>
>> I understand from him that the stiffness is controlled by altering
>> the mixture of the material, and this is difficult to control 100%.
>>
>> Best synthetic reeds I've ever tried.
>> The tenor sax reeds are fantastic, primary reed.
>> I'm using the clarinet reeds as back ups.
>> Cheers
>> Dave Renaud
>>
>> Ed Maurey wrote:
>>
>> > I just got my third batch of Legere reeds. They get BETTER with each
shipment. These are not B+ or A- reeds. They're A+! You guys still
frittering away your limited time here on Earth messing with that bamboo
junk are nuts.
>> >
>> > Ed Maurey
>>
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