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New to Legere reeds

Author: colvospass
Date: 2022-09-16 02:18

In late June I got a 3.50 European Cut clarinet reed. When I got it and tried it, I was blown away. The response was incredible, yet I could put a lot of air through the horn without it closing up. My articulation was so much better that suddenly developing a clean double tongue seemed in the realm of the possible. I thought my life had changed! Over the next few weeks I played it a few hours (not too busy during the summer) and gradually it seemed like not such a miracle. It seemed to be taking much more air and embouchure pressure to get the sound started. I attributed it to the fact that I wasn't in tiptop shape, but lately I began to wonder if the reed had changed. I set it on the flattest surface I could find, and it appears to be very slightly bowed--only the butt and tip contact the surface. Is that its original contour? If not, did I do something to make it change? It was never played more than an hour at a time, for a few hours a week, and always stored in the original plastic container. After that first amazing impression, I am not ready to give up on Legere, but I would like to be able to have confidence that it is going to be more of a reliable constant. Is that a reasonable expectation?

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