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Re: Bass Clarinet Setup w/ Legere Reed

Author: Zenia
Date: 2015-02-23 23:09

I've been using a combination of cane and Legere standard bass clarinet reeds for a number of years. I recently decided to use synthetics only and bought a Legere Signature. My normal set-up is a Brad Behn mouthpiece with a 2.5 Legere bass reed so I bought a 2.75 (they don't make a bass reed beyond 3.0).

I found it to be very soft, much more like a 2.25 standard reed, with very little projection or articulation, almost 'flabby'. Before contacting Legere I tried contacting a number of Legere artists all of whom list the bass clarinet in their bios; none responded.

I contacted Legere directly and they were quick to accommodate. I decided it wasn't worth trying a 3.0 bass reed so Legere sent me two standard bass reeds of whatever strength I preferred. Top marks to Legere for quickly resolving this to my satisfaction!

Since then I've read a few comments of people who like the bass Signature reed and I use and prefer the soprano Signature reed, but the bass simply didn't work for me.

Cheers.

Post Edited (2015-02-23 23:12)

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