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Re: Legere Strengths...

Author: Roger Aldridge
Date: 2007-01-23 16:11

Sherman,

I have not experienced the problems that you report. Once I found the particular match between Legere reed cut & strength and mouthpiece/ligature I've been extremely happy with the results. I currently have 3 Quebec reeds in rotation in my reed case (I use a Selmer glass plate case). I've used these reeds for practicing and all of my performances for several months. They are holding up fine.

One thing I do -- this is a recommendation on the Legere web site -- is to rotate Legere reeds after around an hour of heavy playing. On occassion I've gone longer than an hour. Sometimes I noticed a softening of the reed after an hour. At other times the reed still performed fine. Anyway, I do this out of habit. I typically have 3 or 4 Legere reeds in rotation. I don't think of it as being a big deal to swap out reeds after about an hour. For me, it's a small price for the benefits that I get from Legere on all of my clarinets and saxophones.

Roger

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