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RE: How are your L�g�re reeds?

Author: paul
Date: 1999-08-24 14:06

I have three Legere reeds of varying strength from the initial process. I also have three Legere reeds of the same strength of very recent vintage. I believe that I was one of the last people to order directly from Legere.

The recent batch of reeds seems to be even better quality than the original batch. Keep in mind that these reeds are extremely expensive, compared to natural cane reeds, so breaking a Legere reed is an expensive mistake.

I only play for an hour a night and I swab out at about the 30 minute mark. The horn never leaves its safe and cuddly nook in my temperature and humidity controlled house. At this very gentle rate of use, all of my Legere reeds should last for years.

I am surprised that the Legere reeds seem to break so easily. Here's what I personally do to prevent such a tragedy. I stole a couple of my Vandoren reed holders from retired natural cane reeds. I use these to protect the Legere reeds in storage. I treat the Legere reeds with as much kindness and TLC as a natural cane reed, especially during installation on the mp and during removal from the mp.

As for WW/BW stating that Legere reeds are on back order and they don't have a clue for delivery time, I'd say there is something wrong somewhere in the distribution chain. Whenever I ordered directly from Legere, the reeds always arrived in my mailbox within 2 weeks. It shouldn't take much time to turn around the reeds from the manufacturer and send them to the customer. If you don't get your reeds within 3 weeks, write WW/BW immediately.

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