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 Re: My report on Legere reeds.
Author: Roger Aldridge 
Date:   2009-06-04 17:06

John,

Thank you for your detailed report! I became convinced of Legere's potential a number of years ago. I had been a cane reed fanatic for all of my playing life. However, as you describe so well, doubling presents challenges not usually encountered by one-instrument players. Prior to Legere, every synthetic reed I tried went sailing into the trash can. When I tried Legere I found it to be different and could see its potential.

It took me a period of time to adjust to Legere reeds on each of my horns. On several of them I made changes to my mouthpiece and ligature set ups in order to get optimal results with Legere. Now, I'm 100% happy with Legere.

Given that most of my playing is in doubling situations, I started using Legere with the concept that if I had 95% of my sound it would be worth it in terms of no longer having the doubling problems with cane reeds. However, once I adjusted to the reeds and found the particular set ups that work especially well with Legere I discovered that I truly LOVE the quality of sound I get with these reeds.

My set ups are:

Bb clarinet -- 1970's Couesnon Monopole, Walter Grabner K14 mouthpiece, Klassik string ligature, Legere Quebec reeds.

Bass clarinet -- Yamaha, Grabner LB mouthpiece, Optimum (plate #1) ligature.

Alto saxophone -- 1930's Huller, custom Ralph Morgan 6C mouthpiece, Klassik string ligature, regular Legere (not studio).

Tenor saxophone -- 1934 Buescher New Aristocrat, custom Ralph Morgan 6C mouthpiece, Optium (plate #1), regular Legere.

Roger



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