Klarinet Archive - Posting 001024.txt from 2003/04

From: "Age E.Smies" <asmies@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Final Report on the Legere
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:46:00 -0400

I have been playing Legere for the last 4 months and I like the fact that I
know my reed will work. I did buy both the Quebec cut and the regular ones.
I play them exclusively and I find them good enough for classical and other
music.
I play them both in performance and in practice. I am not saying that I
will never play another reed again, but sofar I believe it will take a lot
of convincing.

Aga Smies
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeremy A Schiffer" <schiffer@-----.edu>
Subject: Re: [kl] Final Report on the Legere

> 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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