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Re: Legere European Signature Reeds

Author: kdk ★2017 Date:   2017-03-01 00:03 Dan Shusta wrote: > Concerning the condensation issues on the back of reeds, two > possible solutions came to my mind and, IMO, were verified in > the following post from the archives: > > #1. Periodically, place as much of the mouthpiece into one's > mouth and suck air inward while slowly pulling the mouthpiece > from the mouth. > #2. Place a tissue paper or some other thin, porous paper > between the reed and the mouthpiece rails and press against the > back of the reed. I have been doing solution #1 for 60 years. It doesn't get enough of the water off a Légère as needed, but it is certainly a partial help. After a particular point, though, the sucking action becomes noisy enough that conductors and colleagues start complaining about it. A friend of mine who was a section mate in our university wind ensemble back in the 1960s used to raise the conductor's ire regularly this way - I've never been sure if my friend was baiting him deliberately or not. Thin, porous pieces of paper (solution #2) tend sometimes to tear off, leaving paper under the reed, which then means you have to take the reed off anyway. Again, it's a help, done carefully, but a little unreliable. The point is that the problem of water on the back of the reed, which isn't unique to Légère plastic just seems greater with the synthetic and needs to be dealt with more often than with cane.

Topics	Author	Date
Legere European Signature Reeds  new	RLarm	2017-02-24 23:22
Re: Legere European Signature Reeds  new	kdk	2017-02-25 00:21
Re: Legere European Signature Reeds  new	gwie	2017-02-27 03:44
Re: Legere European Signature Reeds  new	kdk	2017-02-27 04:25
Re: Legere European Signature Reeds  new	sfalexi	2017-02-28 05:50
Re: Legere European Signature Reeds  new	kdk	2017-02-28 07:45
Re: Legere European Signature Reeds  new	sfalexi	2017-02-28 09:01
Re: Legere European Signature Reeds  new	ClarinetRobt	2017-02-28 19:55
Re: Legere European Signature Reeds  new	Dan Shusta	2017-02-28 22:16
Re: Legere European Signature Reeds  new	kdk	2017-03-01 00:03
Re: Legere European Signature Reeds  new	Dan Shusta	2017-03-01 01:00

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