Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2019-11-09 22:11
Bob Bernardo wrote:
> ...the width of the Legere reeds are too wide and the
> rails are too thick.
>
> They then play very well, have a much better sound and easier
> to articulate. Sometimes playing softly with that sweet
> clarinet sound isn't there. I only get this from cane reeds.
> However, these reeds do work pretty well.
>
> If the sides of the Legere
> reeds are to thick and too wide, plus with the standard
> mouthpieces having rails that are too wide I feel the reeds
> need help.
Bob, from a practical direction, what tools do you use to thin the rails? Do you use an emery board to narrow the reeds?
Legeres are already pretty thin (I have to pad my ligatures with mouthpiece patches to keep them in place). I've always assumed that the problems, or at least the differences between Legere and cane, were in the material itself. The strengths that sound full are really too soft and the ones that produce a more vibrant sound are also stuffy and take too much embouchure pressure to make them respond. Like many cane reeds on the market, they (including the Euros) don't taper enough toward the rails for my preferences, leaving a sort of bump - a boundary - about a quarter on an inch or a little more from the tip where it looks, when I flex it with my finger, like it's almost tiered, and where I suspect the reed stops vibrating well.
So, how exactly do you make the adjustments?
Karl
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