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legere american cut on bass clarinet

Author: super20dan
Date: 2026-02-13 20:35

i had been using the euro cut but became disappointed with them in the long run. i bought a tenor sax american cut to try out and its a vast improvement for me in every way on bass clarinet. hopefully these will last longer and not warp at the tip like every euro reed did.

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Re: legere american cut on bass clarinet

Author: kilo
Date: 2026-02-15 15:23

American Cut works very well with some mouthpieces. May I ask how you're storing your Légères? Because I've never had any of them distort on the end. When you say "warp" do you mean as ripples running vertically or a curling across the tip itself?

I've dropped them and had them crack, I've had fibers shred off the sides, I've even had a few lemons that must've been from a bad run on a Monday morning. But I've never noticed a problem with the tip. And I've used Studio, French, American, European, Signature, Classic, and Quebec Cuts on soprano and bass clarinets, and tenor and baritone saxophones since 2006.

I used to store them in a Selmer reed case but after they began packaging them in those hideous coffins I started using those. I recall Légère stating somewhere that the reeds shouldn't be stored in any case that presses on the tip, although that didn't seem to be a problem with the Selmer reed case or when I was using other holders that held them against a plane surface. But the coffins can be labeled easily, which I find convenient.

Have you thought of sending one of the warped European Cuts to Légère? I'd be interested in what they'd say. I would think that, not having a vegetable origin, the material should be chemically and physically consistent over the whole length of the reed. I wonder if the tips of the Euros are molded slightly thinner or heated differently? I know the "shoulders" are a little more rounded than on the American. Anyway, seems this problem would be showing up with other users and Légère might have an explanation.

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