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Author: Garth Libre
Date: 2012-03-21 00:31
For $17 one can purchase a Legere reed in your choice of strength. Amazon sells it for this price and Woodwind and Brasswind is the supplier. The question is can a person still get that great Legere exchange policy if he buys it from a source other than through Legere itself? The $17 price is very tempting and much lower than the list price.
Garth, 305-981-4705. garthlibre@yahoo.com
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Author: luca1
Date: 2012-03-21 01:01
Absolutely! They are more than accommodating in that regard. Just keep your receipts!
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Author: michael13162
Date: 2012-03-21 02:11
Legere still gives you the awesome exchange policy if you purchase them from Amazon.
IMHO though, the regular legere reeds suck. However, the signature series that they have are the best plastic reeds ever made and one of the best overall reeds that you can buy. It is absolutely worth it to spend the extra 7 bucks and get the signature series. Just my 2 cents...
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Author: oca
Date: 2012-03-21 06:14
Can anyone compare the Signature Series and the Quebec cut?
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Author: cxgreen48
Date: 2012-03-21 14:46
The Signature was far superior to the Quebec for me. The Quebec had worse response and the sound was too unfocused and spread for me. I would use the Legere Signature maybe exclusively, if the upper register didn't require so much biting to get in tune. Perhaps my mouthpiece is not suited for Legere...
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Author: kilo
Date: 2012-03-21 16:32
I've tried Signatures on tenor sax — I haven't tried Signatures on clarinet yet so I can't compare. However I don't have much interest in trying them because a 3¼ Quebec on my Grabner K13 does everything I want it to — I've even gotten compliments on my tone in the clarion register (from people who don't like synthetics.) So the lesson is, everyone's needs are unique, everyone's experience slightly different.
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Author: oca
Date: 2012-03-22 06:26
Synthetic reeds are very, very similar. That's another reason I prefer synthetic: they are consistent.
When someone compares one model of wooden reeds to another model of wooden reeds, the fall back "excuse" would be "oh this reed is just one of those reeds that are bad out of the box". With synthetic reeds, you can directly analyze the reeds properties, dimensions, and performance.
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Author: stuper1
Date: 2012-03-22 20:59
Someone above said that the regular Legere reeds stink. I tried the regular, the Ontario, and the Signature. I found the regular to work best for me. I think your mouthpiece and possibly other personal characteristics make a big difference on which one works best for you. You just have to try them all. It's a little pricey at first to try them all in various strengths, but it's worth it. I've been playing the regular for about a year exclusively, rotating four reeds over that time, and I'm very happy with them. They maybe aren't as good as the best cane reeds, but you don't have to mess with all the hassles of cane. Every Legere works about the same, giving you say 90% or more of the performance of the best cane reed. And over time, you adapt to where there's little if any difference in tone to a cane reed.
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Author: Tony M
Date: 2012-03-27 13:02
stuper1 wrote:
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> over time, you adapt to where there's little if any difference
> in tone to a cane reed.
My experience surprised me. I wanted synthetic reeds to work for all the reasons that are normally cited but didn't like the tone from Legere. I bought a couple of strengths and found the right one but I wasn't happy. I left it for a while then tried the Signature series and liked them. I recorded myself on a range of cane reeds to see if the Legere signatures were too different and found that I couldn't really tell much of a difference. The strange thing was that when I had got used to the signature, the earlier Legere began to sound better which leads me to think that I'm either equally bad on all of them or there is an amount of learning to play them involved.
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