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Re: legere reed

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2017-03-04 18:26

Ursa wrote:

> Here's the 'gotcha': The standard Legeres do soften up as you
> play them.
>
> Were I to take the plunge into Legeres again, I'd buy a second
> and third Legere of whatever model and strength I found to be
> the best. That way, I could rotate them if one decided to
> stall out on me.

They do soften, I suppose from the heat of the player's breath, and after reading other players' comments in the same vein, I've been changing my Légère reed after about an hour of playing. So I need two reeds for a single rehearsal or performance. When I first started using these reeds last summer I did find that they responded differently enough toward the end of a full 2-1/2 hour rehearsal or 2-hour concert that I was uncomfortable with a reed that had been very responsive when the session started.

I have chosen four #4s and four #3.5s and I rotate through them. I do use the different strengths depending on the needs of the music and the acoustics of the playing environment. In rotation, I've been using the same reeds since mid-summer and don't expect to need to replace anything anytime soon.

Karl

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