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Re: Adjusting a Legere reed

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2018-09-21 03:12

Unfortunately I cannot speak to adjustments of the Legeres since that never felt practical to me, but I have a few suggestions moving forward.

The European Signatures (and Signature Soprano sax reeds.....perhaps a quarter strength softer than whatever you'd use in a European Signature) are significantly superior to the "Classic" reeds. They are wide to the bottom of the reed lending them a "weird" or goony appearance (compared to what a cane Bb clarinet looks like), and they are quite thin (perhaps rendering some ligature unworkable). But they are well worth a good trial if you've not already done so.

As for honing in on strength (the only adjustment necessary), Amazon allows for returns and this would be the way to go until you have your strength nailed down.

Hope this helps moving forward.

................Paul Aviles

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