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Legere European reed strength

Author: Musikat
Date: 2018-06-24 06:14

I just ordered the European Cut Legere reed, on the recommendation of a professional who said they were much better than the regular signatures I had tried in the past. It came today and I spend about 30 minutes or so playing on it. My initial impression is that it has a better tone than the signatures and it was overall pretty good, but it seemed slightly fuzzy sounding, particularly in the lower register and was a little bit more resistant than I like. If it were a cane reed a slight adjustment might be all it would need to be a very good reed.

I play on Aria 4's normally and ordered a 3.75 in the Legere. Should I send it back and try the 3.5? I am worried that would be too soft. Do these settle after a few days, or break in in any way?

On an unrelated note, is anyone else having trouble with the search function? Every time I search lately I only get posts from 2007 and earlier, even when I know I have seen the topic recently. I tried organizing it be newest and it still comes up 2007/2008, but nothing newer!

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