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 Re: My report on Legere reeds.
Author: Roger Aldridge 
Date:   2009-06-09 15:18

As a final thought.....

Based upon experiences I've had with Legere on each of my reed instruments, it's my opinion that the importance of matching a particular type of Legere reed and strength to our set up cannot overstated. It's like Michelle described as finding the combination that is golden for us.

It's more than matching a Legere reed to a particular mouthpiece and facing. It's matching each part of our set up to each other part to create a Whole that puts us as individual players in our Zone. I've found the matching process to be especially critical on clarinet given the diverse differences among clarinet brands and models regarding bore size & design, etc., and overall performance characteristics.

I have a box full of Gabner mouthpieces and those made by other craftsmen. All of them are high quality mouthpieces. For whatever reason, after spending a considerable amount of time testing many combinations of Legere reed type & strength with various mouthpieces, the best match for me and my specific clarinet turned out to be a #3 Quebec and a Grabner K14 with a Klassik string ligature. In a way that I cannot explain, I prefer the performance characteristics of this set up to using, as an example, a #3.25 or# 3.5 Quebec on a K13 or a K11. Subtle aspects of a mouthpiece facing -- especially, the width of the tip and side rails -- can make it or break it with Legere.

When I received samples of the Signature reeds I did similar tests with them on all of my mouthpieces. I found Signature to be very impressive. But, as I've mentioned above, I continue to prefer Quebec for its darker and thicker sound.

It always comes down to what works best for us as individual players.

Roger

http://www.amc.net/RogerMAldridge



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