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Re: What Strength Legere?

Author: curlyev
Date: 2013-04-07 01:16

This is totally not manufacturer recommended, but I read somewhere that if your Legere reed seems too hard, that if you dip it in boiling water for 2 SECONDS (no longer), it will soften up some. I got my Legere 4.75 (too hard) reed on sale, and I couldn't make it sound decent, so I had nothing to lose. So I tried boiling it for 2 seconds, and it worked! The reed sounds good. I still prefer CANE to anything, but it's nice to have the Legere around.

Clarinet: Wooden Bundy 1950s
Mthpc: WW Co. B6 refaced by Kurtzweil
Lig: Various Rovners
Barrel/Bell: Backun
Reeds: Legere 3.75
OKC Symphonic Band (just started this summer)
*playing 22 years (with a 5 year hiatus) and counting*

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