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Re: dry mouth problem

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2018-11-19 20:17

The whole "sax reed" or "other" size (German on Boehm or the other way around) has become a little more prevalent lately. One reason is what I see as the "Legere Effect." The Legere reeds are based on various types of.....plastic. The strength and quality of sound varies based on this as well as the cut imposed upon it. The Legere European Signature cut is WIDE (like a soprano sax reed) and looks pretty dorky. At first I even refused to try them because I was using the Vandoren M/O ligature and that reed does not even fit into the ligature's prefab notch. Of course the proof is in how well they work once on the mouthpiece and you actually play on them! The Signature Soprano Sax reeds are the same "dorky" width and they are additionally cut short (lengthwise), but the performance is incredible.....really!

The trick though is finding the right strength which quite frankly could take a month or so playing on what you think works until it doesn't anymore. I strongly suggest ordering through Amazon. They take anything back for return. Once you have your strength set, then you can resume ordering through your favorite woodwind retailer.

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

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