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Re: Do mouthpieces wear out?

Author: Simon Aldrich
Date: 2018-01-07 22:27

Interesting to read that a refacer has noticed that Legeres wear down mpcs more quickly than cane. By the simple hardness of the Legere material, I had always presumed the same thing. The Legere reed feels harder at the top of the vamp where it meets the lip. Also the tip and lower vamp of the Legere is harder (more difficult to flex) than a cane reed. When adjusting a Legere, either with sandpaper or a knife/Reedgeek, one notices the material is harder than cane.
This suggests that a Legere reed's action on a mpc would wear it down (introduce rail tilt) more quickly.
Of course, this is not an argument against using Legere reeds.

Simon

PS It might be somewhat misguided to compare cane to the compound in Legere reeds. Notice how, when adjusting a Legere reed with too heavy a hand, the material does not come off in dust, like a cane reed, but in strips. Taking off material more lightly avoids this stripping phenomenon.
Regardless, the Legere material feels and behaves "harder" than cane.

PPS Tim, are you at liberty to name the refacer who has noticed that Legeres wear mpcs more than cane?

PPPS Now that the Christmas break is over, I hope the mpc maker/refacer Nathan Beaty has noticed this thread and will weigh in with his thoughts and observations on mpc wear.

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