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Re: Same as Legere European, but made by cane?

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2019-06-19 17:19

I don't think you can realistically hope to find a cane reed with a profile that duplicates Légère's. The synthetic material doesn't behave the way cane does, and the "cut" is designed to get a result from it that gets as close as possible to the *result* - the feel, response and sound - of high quality cane reeds. I suspect if you found a reed made from as thin a cane blank as Légères with as flexible a tip and the same taper both side-to-side and shoulder-to-tip as you get in a Légère, you might well find the reed unplayable.

What you probably want, or at least *should* be looking for, is a cane reed that responds the way you feel a Légère does on your mouthpiece. That, of course, depends on what mouthpiece you use. What strength Légère are you currently using?

Karl

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