Klarinet Archive - Posting 001020.txt from 2003/04

From: Jeremy A Schiffer <schiffer@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Final Report on the Legere
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:45:56 -0400

Oops, I meant to respond to this but missed it. Apparently, it got lost in
the off-topic wars.

It is definitely true, in my experience, that the inter-reed variability
in Legere's is not much improved from cane. A little bit, but not much
(well, much better than Vandoren, but not much better than Reeds
Australia Vintage or John Denman).

The main selling point is the intra-reed variability, which has been
completely eliminated. Once you learn the properties of a given reed, it
will always play that way, regardless of temperature, humidity, etc.

I think we've all had the experience of working on reeds in the days
before a concert or audition, and having one play perfectly so we set it
aside, only to pick it back up on the important occassion to find it
didn't play anymore. Eliminating that variability is a godsend, in my
book, once you find (and hopefully not lose...) the perfect Legere.

-jeremy

On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Bill Semple wrote:

> An interesting comment. It makes them almost as variable as cane.
>

I wrote:

> > I have recently switched to Legere, and have found there to be great
> > inconsistencies between reeds of the same strength.

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