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Re: Bravo reeds?

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2019-08-10 11:00

A few clients, more than 10, less than 50, every few months, often send me their Legere reeds to be adjusted. These reeds are actually a mess, and it's hard for me to understand why people pay $20 for them. Maybe players know how to adjust them? I don't know.

I've tried contacting Legere and was ignored; regarding fixing the problems with the cuts of the reeds.

I haven't seen any Bravo reeds yet. I have seen Fibercells and they were warped on the bottoms of the reeds.

So if you know how to fix reeds I suppose they can work. However I still find the best plastic reeds don't "Give," and after a period of time when I play on them, such as after a few hours, my lips are dead. Also very sore.

So for this reason I still play on cane reeds. They "Give," more whereas plastic does not. There will always be players who want the sound of cane reeds. And those who are fine with plastic.

I think the idea of having a backup plastic reed stated above, isn't a bad idea at all, because weather patterns when traveling can kill cane reeds and scare the musician to death. When I'm on tour this is always a challenge, but for some reason I'm able to work though it and I haven't ever played on plastic.

Even in sunny California the humidity can change from 70 percent to close to about 5 percent as the desert heat hits, so I seem to have an assortment of reeds ready, probably around about 800 from different crop locations around the world.

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