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Re: Adjusting a Legere reed

Author: Jarmo Hyvakko
Date: 2018-09-23 12:40

My experience is that the strength of the reed varies even within a quarter of a number. The stuffy ones are simply a bit harder than the good ones. It helps if you have a relatively wide tip rail in your mouthpiece. It gives you room to move the reed up and down the reed table. I have noticed that legeres hate to be put on the mp the tip above the mp tip much more than cane reeds. And use the exhange program to get rid of too strong ones.

By the way the machine in vandoren shop in paris was able to measure the reed strength in 1 10th of a number. Perhaps legeres should do the same, because i feel they need to be of desired strength much more accurately than cane reeds. They need also much more accuracy in positioning them exactly in the middle of the table.

So far i haven't had good results with hot water...

Jarmo Hyvakko, Principal Clarinet, Tampere Philharmonic, Finland

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