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Legere reeds - thoughts on synthetics

Author: Anon
Date: 2017-03-05 22:44

Hey there

I've been experimenting with the Legere European cut reeds and while I'm not quite "there" yet with switching over completely, I must say I'm very intrigued. I've been playing 3.5 and 3.5+ D'Addarios and honestly, whether it's the weather (been a really weird winter humidity and temp wise in the south) I just can't get anything to be consistent and it's stressful since I play and teach professionally.

Another professional player and friend of mine made the switch and is totally happy. I've had two European cuts of the same strength, one was appropriate in feel and the other was way too light. Surprising to me how different they feel but I really like the one that I can blow against and get some nice resistance. I don't really care for the standard reed.

Played in a chamber music rehearsal yesterday, felt good and sounded good. No one said anything like "hey you sound different" so that was good. But at a church gig this morning, the flute player said "Are you playing a synthetic reed today? It just sounds so different than a cane reed." Freaked me right out because I honestly don't think it sounds different.

So the questions here are:

Do you play them all the time? If yes, do you find that you have to mess with the strengths?

Are the pro players listed on Legere's site really playing them as their reeds all the time?

If you play them, has there been any adjustment period between switching from cane to synthetic?

Has anyone offered their opinion on your sound?

I'm going to blind test with another musician tonight to see if he notices anything.

Thoughts?

Thanks,

Marianne
:-)

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