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 Legere Signature vs. Insanity
Author: Paul Aviles 
Date:   2014-04-09 06:53

I am really torn on the approach to this review because as I stated, I was about to go crazy over the last week with reeds pretty much collapsing upon me.


I had a 3.75 (actually labelled a 3 3/4) Legere overnighted to me from WWBW to help keep me out of a "funny farm."


The positive aspects for me is that at low to moderate volume levels the reed responded quickly enough and the timbre was pretty focused though a little on the hollow side of sound. Notes from the bottom of the horn up to the "A" four ledger lines above the staff sound pretty natural.


The focus of the sound really starts to unwind with a good forte and get quite pronounced at the top end of the volume, particularly in the chalumeau where you pick up a pronounced buzz with virtually no depth of sound at all.

There is also a limitation to its ability to execute short articulations where there is a loss of "ping" or "bounce." Though this is not as bad as what I recall from the standard Legere from years passed.

Finally, the top end of the range from high "A" up, is thin to non-existent. How could plastic possibly compete with cane at the very tip of the reed where it is necessary to be both elastic and maintain a fair degree of rigidity (accomplished in cane by means of the longitudinally running tube-like fibers).

In short I would say that it is a good reed to have available as an emergency substitute when (if) your reed rotation goes haywire. As long as you are playing repertoire that does not call for too many extremes, the Legere Signature can sound good enough to get you by. Although this reed seems a bit better than the standard Legere I remember from some years ago, it is NOT a substitute for a good reed by any measure.


I have a general question. This reed has a distinct "herringbone" pattern throughout the material as you look through it. Is this typical of all new Legeres, or is this just an aspect of the Signature series?





...............Paul Aviles
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