Klarinet Archive - Posting 000344.txt from 2003/02

From: "Bruce McGarvey" <infodev@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Legere break-in?
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 08:03:47 -0500

Bill,

You suggest something very interesting here: That the "break in" occurs in
the player rather than the reed (or at least mostly in the player).

Although I don't notice that I'm doing anything differently when I play the
Legere, I'm actually more willing to accept that most of the change in sound
that occurs as I play it is in me, and not in the relatively "unmalleable"
material or dimensions of the Legere reed. (I'm already aware that I handle
tonguing a bit differently with the Legere -- "softer" contact with the
reed. "Normal" tonguing that's good on cane sounds a bit percussive to me on
the Legeres.)

Since I don't have anything coming up to play for for a while, I think I'm
going to lay the cane reeds aside and see what happens as I play my two
Legere's exclusively for a week.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Semple [mailto:wsemple@-----.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 7:11 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Legere break-in?
>
<snip>
> Occasionally, I switch back to my cane, and I find some good reason to do
> so. Keeps me honest. Also causes me to wonder how long cane will last in
> light of reeds like the Legere.
>
> Don't get me wrong. There is a subtle difference between cane
> and this reed,
> but the subtly becomes narrower as ones embouchure adapts.
<snip

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