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Author: Bill
Date: 2007-06-09 17:24
Thank you for posting this!!!
Bill.
Bill Fogle
Ellsworth, Maine
(formerly Washington, DC)
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2007-06-09 18:05
If I were in the area, I'd bug him for lessons......
US Army Japan Band
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Author: sherman
Date: 2007-06-10 16:18
Those clips are clips of works I have played many times and they are as fine as I have ever heard. What I feel however is extraordinary, is that all of the music on the cllips was recorded using Legere Reeds. RH told me so. It is the best recommendation I have heard of this highly interesting product. It is not a gimmick, it is the real answer. Finally, I find it also interesting that Hawkins first heard of Legere reeds from Tom Ridenour who had some at a clarinet convention.
I am grateful that we have such innovators within the clarinet fraternity.
Coincidentally, I play Legere Reeds on a Richard Hawkins mouthpiece, on a Ridenour Clarinet. For an old man, it's a new dawn.
Sherman Friedland
Post Edited (2007-06-11 19:24)
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Author: donald
Date: 2007-06-11 04:18
hey Sherman, i am pretty sure that Richard will back me up on this, it was ME ME ME who introduced RH to Legere reeds...
at Clarinetfest 98 in Colombus i walked by the Legere stand and Guy persuaded me to try them (against what i thought of then as my better judgement). It took us a few minutes to select the one that hit the spot (Guy originally had a large number of different strengths/cuts etc to choose from, lots of sub-strenths and different profiles).
Richard was at the Yamaha stand about 20 feet away, and i walked over to him and played him the reed, then showed him it was "plastic". He immediately grabbed a clarinet and ran over to Legere to try them out himself. I believe that as a result of this he was the first "high profile" player to endorse Legere.
btw i have not had much luck using the "production" reeds for professional performance (though do sometimes practise on them, and often encourage students to use them) but that prototype reed i got from Guy gave me great mileage. You should have seen the look on Charles Neidichs face when he walked around behind me (coaching chamber music) in '98 and saw i had a plastic reed!
keep playing the good tunes
donald
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Author: Phurster
Date: 2007-06-11 06:00
I particularly enjoyed the Poulenc. Very refined artistry. I am astonished that he is using plastic reeds.
chris
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Author: bcl1dso
Date: 2007-06-11 13:01
Beautiful playing however, it seems that he is hesitant to play a true forte. Lose some of the beauty in his sound then?
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2007-06-11 13:06
bcl1dso wrote:
> it seems that he is hesitant to play
> a true forte.
Perhaps an artifact of the recording. Richard is anything but hesitant to play a forte.
Hey clarinetdon - I was in Guy's booth when Richard came by 
Tom R. was showing those reeds to everyone at the same conference.
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Author: Aaron
Date: 2007-06-11 19:27
bcl1dso wrote:
> it seems that he is hesitant to play
> a true forte.
Though my professors, peers, and myself have found one of the biggest troubles with the Legeres being that the sound seems to always spread when played forte.
(Granted I definitely didn't detect any spread in RH's sound.)
Aaron
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Author: sherman
Date: 2007-06-11 19:35
Roger:
I use them both. What happened is that Richard refaced two mouthpieces for me: one of his and a Greg Smith Cicero. So, they play either Legere quite well. Then, I have and play on a Gennusa mouthpiece that Ben copied from an old one I had found. Frankly, I don't know open form any degree of beek, depth, curve . Makes my eyes glaze over. So, this Gennusa had lovely sides and rails railings, which I happen to visually like, don't ask me why. This Gennusa plays the ones I can't play on Richards and actually gives me the most comfort These all give me more comfort than I have ever had. For years and years (really) after having a student break my crystal during a concert, I simply played Van Doren. It was OK, (mostly I played an M13), but they are a bit sharp and don't have the depth I like. Or better said, let us say I thought my sound was a bit thin. This latest trio of mouthpieces should satisfy me for maybe 20 or 30 minutes. Sorry, I came to this late in life, so I'm partying on mouthpieces.
Best to everybody.
Sherman Friedland
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Author: sherman
Date: 2007-06-11 19:39
On Legere, I have said some unsavory things about them which I do not regret. It is just that I discovered that the strength is not just important, it is crucial. Get the right strength and you can play the Contrasts.
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Author: donald
Date: 2007-06-11 19:49
kia ora Mark Charette
i am not sure if your statement actually intends to contradict mine (and it would certainly be a silly thing to worry/argue about- i'll bet RH would think so).
but i can say with absolute certainty that my version is correct, and in fact Guy mentioned to me some years ago that he appreciated my little contribution... ask him if he remembers. It was on the first day at Columbus, and i can say with certainty that RH had not tried a Legere at the time i played it to him.
i don't care particuarly what version you believe, but i don't want people to think that i'm lying.
donald
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2007-06-11 19:51
I'm disappointed -- saw the title of the thread and was expecting some vintage Coleman Hawkins (tenor sax).
![[frown]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie2.gif)
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2007-06-11 20:13
donald wrote:
> kia ora Mark Charette
> i am not sure if your statement actually intends to contradict
> mine ...
Not at all. We were both at the same convention ... I was already at Guy's booth when Richard came by to talk to Guy. Richard has been an acquaintence of mine for the last decade or so - I didn't know what prompted him to visit Guy & spend the time in the booth, but now I do.
The Legere reeds were the talk of that convention!
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Author: Bradley
Date: 2007-06-12 00:33
I am in awe of his sound and interpretation of the Strauss.
Bradley
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