Author: EaubeauHorn
Date: 2016-07-05 05:47
I started clarinet on Legere reeds and never did use cane, because I did not want to fiddle with them. On my setup, I was flat across the range, even with a short barrel, very decent tone, and I gave up. I don't know if the same thing will happen with the oboe reed or not. Air is not a problem because I am a brass player, and on a good cane oboe reed I sound just fine, but that is American scrape. I had an oboe teacher tell me that short scrape reeds require one to "bite" a bit, compared to American scrape. Until I get my hands on one I'll have no idea what will happen.
I do happen to have a several years old prototype Legere short scrape (I think) that a friend lent me. It is not hard to play on but sounds just gosh awful compared to cane, not something I would want to be heard in a group. I wonder if they solved the tone problem by making it more resistant.
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