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Legere reed and different facing

Author: Caleb
Date: 2012-11-15 14:27

Hi, I am trying the legere signature reed. I am using a 3.25 with a Vandoren M30. I am happy of the sound I have, but some one told me that Legere work better on some facing than other. Have anyone try a Legere reed on different facing?
For example, have anyone try Legere on a vandoren profile 88 mouthpiece, how it compare to the same mouthpiece with traditional facing?

Thanks.

P.S. I have try Legere reed with a Poramico mouthpiece, it is terrific.

Post Edited (2012-11-15 14:37)

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Re: Legere reed and different facing

Author: MarlboroughMan
Date: 2012-11-15 15:00

I've used Legeres on Zinner mouthpieces, Wurlitzer mouthpieces, Vandoren, Otto Link and Selmer mouthpieces. In each case, they worked better for me than cane.

The Selmer C85 I currently use was made about 20 years before Legeres hit the market, hasn't been refaced, and takes Legeres just fine.

I have only one mouthpiece that was made with Legeres in mind, but there isn't a noticable difference between it and the others, in terms of compatibility.

Eric

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Re: Legere reed and different facing

Author: sfalexi
Date: 2012-11-15 16:14

I personally feel that some mouthpieces are definitely better than others with legere reeds and that some mouthpieces just dont' seem to work at all. Maybe it's just me.

I have a handfaced mouthpiece on a zinner blank that I could never find a legere reed to work with it. I have two crystal mouthpieces, neither of which seem to work with legeres. I have some walter grabner mouthpieces that work great with legeres, I've had Richard Hawkins mouthpieces (a legere artist so you KNOW they'll work with legere), and right now I'm using a Rico Reserve X0 which works very well with legere (although I do think this mouthpiece sounds better with cane, legere works great on it too and I only just started using cane again, and only specifically for concert type performances, not the rehearsals)

I think of the vandoren line, I've used legere on profile 88 without problems. I prefer any of the "M-series" mouthpieces (M13, M15, M30) to other vandoren mouthpieces, and legere has worked on all of those for me so far.

Alexi <- I LOVE to playtest equipment so I've tried a bunch of stuff just to see how I feel with it and whether it's something I'd recommend to others.

US Army Japan Band

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Re: Legere reed and different facing

Author: pplateau
Date: 2012-11-16 02:27

The signature works much better for me than the Quebec model. McClune mp's

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