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RE: Legere American Cut alto sax reed on alto clarinet?

Author: NOLA Ken
Date: 2021-11-11 07:06

Hangardude wrote:

<I've tested the Legere American Cut tenor sax reeds(#3.5s) on my Fobes AP mouthpiece(more open than Walter's) and quite liked them too, maybe even more than the Euro cut bass clarinet>

Interesting. I haven't tried the Legere European Cut tenor reeds on my bass, but I did not like the Legere Signature bass reeds. They seemed too stiff and stuffy in all strengths I tried down to #2. I was using Fibracell Premium tenor reeds on the bass until I tried the Legere American Cut and immediately switched to those in #3. Just as responsive as the Fibracells and much smoother sounding on the Grabner White Velvet mpc. That's why I am interested in the American Cut alto sax reeds on the alto clarinet. I'm looking forward to hearing your experience.

An important quality I'm looking for in an alto clarinet reed for this particular performance is that it will play well at a whisper. The piece we are performing stays between a whisper and piano for almost the entire piece with one rise to mezzo forte for a measure or two. The Fibracell Premium #1.5 does that extremely well and is very easy for me as a less-experienced alto player to control. I would just like to make it a bit smoother sounding. It seems to me that the Fibracell reeds I have tried are in general more responsive but sound a bit rough around the edges compared to the Legeres.

Djudy wrote:

<I tried a bass Legere 2.75 that I whacked down in width with an exacto knife . . . .>

I LOVE your inventiveness! I'll have to keep that one for the next time I'm flooded in with an alto clarinet, a bass clarinet reed and an X-acto knife.