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Re: New to Legere reeds

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2022-09-16 02:31

I'm surprised that you got amazing results right up front. You are quite lucky that you found the correct strength on one go! It took me many months of moving across various strengths to arrive at a good place.

I'd recommend rotating through at least four at a time to allow the reeds to "rest." Then, I have been using a La Voz style plastic reed guard (the more you shove the reed in, the tighter the grip on the reed) with great success.....throw out those Legere coffins.

And to answer the question of shape. They are plastic and are subject to heat and pressure as any other plastic. As long as you are not a "biter" per se, then they should hold their shape well enough while being rotated out. If the problem is that they "collapse" within a certain period of time in one sitting, the strength is still too soft. Don't forget about the 5 reeds per year that Legere will exchange as well as a liberal refund policy through Amazon.

..............Paul Aviles

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