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Author: super20dan
Date: 2026-02-13 20:35
i had been using the euro cut but became disappointed with them in the long run. i bought a tenor sax american cut to try out and its a vast improvement for me in every way on bass clarinet. hopefully these will last longer and not warp at the tip like every euro reed did.
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Author: kilo
Date: 2026-02-15 15:23
American Cut works very well with some mouthpieces. May I ask how you're storing your Légères? Because I've never had any of them distort on the end. When you say "warp" do you mean as ripples running vertically or a curling across the tip itself?
I've dropped them and had them crack, I've had fibers shred off the sides, I've even had a few lemons that must've been from a bad run on a Monday morning. But I've never noticed a problem with the tip. And I've used Studio, French, American, European, Signature, Classic, and Quebec Cuts on soprano and bass clarinets, and tenor and baritone saxophones since 2006.
I used to store them in a Selmer reed case but after they began packaging them in those hideous coffins I started using those. I recall Légère stating somewhere that the reeds shouldn't be stored in any case that presses on the tip, although that didn't seem to be a problem with the Selmer reed case or when I was using other holders that held them against a plane surface. But the coffins can be labeled easily, which I find convenient.
Have you thought of sending one of the warped European Cuts to Légère? I'd be interested in what they'd say. I would think that, not having a vegetable origin, the material should be chemically and physically consistent over the whole length of the reed. I wonder if the tips of the Euros are molded slightly thinner or heated differently? I know the "shoulders" are a little more rounded than on the American. Anyway, seems this problem would be showing up with other users and Légère might have an explanation.
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Author: super20dan
Date: 2026-02-18 19:16
i tried both the coffin legere case and the la voz reed guard with the same results. warped tips eventually.
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Author: lydian
Date: 2026-02-18 20:07
By warped, do you mean bending along the facing curve? This is due to you biting and will happen to any reed. Your mouthpiece is too open for you.
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Author: kilo
Date: 2026-02-18 22:11
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i tried both the coffin legere case and the la voz reed guard with the same results.
super20dan, send them back to Légère and see what they say. Honestly, if it's a defect in their manufacturing process they'd want to know, as would all the people who play them. And if they respond that players seem satisfied and this specific complaint is uncommon maybe lydian has a valid point.
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Author: super20dan
Date: 2026-02-19 02:41
the thing is was using the euro reeds on a selmer c* bass . which can hardly be classified as open. now if i take the no longer playing reeds and put them on a very open mpc like one of my vintage bay or syos mpcs-they will play. these were all 2.25-2.75 strength. hope for better results with the American cut on bass clarinet. none off my ameican cut alto sax reeds have ever warped in this way that i used on alto clarinet.
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