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Re: Légère Synthetic Oboe Reed Review ...

Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-04-14 04:02

Only oboe reeds were on trial - and lots of them!

I personally found the ones best suited for me (Christoph Hartmann tried one of my reeds and picked a Légère reed he felt was similar) were very responsive, but the tuning from high A upwards did tend to sag. The pitch could be lipped up but that would make it very hard going on the player if they had to do that for an entire concert.

Our observations as well as those by other players in similar trial sessions was noted so that gives a good account of the areas that can be improved on before they go on sale to the public.

As far as the tone goes, I thought they played and sounded great - nice depth of tone from the reeds that were picked out for me to try and some others were much brighter, so they should appeal to most players. So once the flatness up top has been sorted out, these reeds should be a winner.

I just like the idea of a workable oboe reed that doesn't need to be soaked to make it work, especially in situations with loads of bars rest followed by coming in cold where a cane reed is very likely to let you down, but these reeds aren't reliant on having to be kept wet in order for them to work immediately.

So I personally thank both Guy Légère and Christoph Hartmann for their time today and really hope these reeds will be a success.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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