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Re: Legere Reeds and WIDE intervals

Author: donald
Date: 2014-04-23 02:49

The reed has to change its mode of vibration minutely for each adjacent note- but greatly for wide leaps. A perfectly symetrical reed will do this more efficiently and easily than a reed that is not so. Most cane reeds, unless you are 1) very lucky, or 2) an expert adjuster, will not be perfectly symetrical even though they may play well.

It seems likely to me that this would explain what you have found. [given that Legere reeds have very accurate dimensions]
I think that this is related to what Alexi was trying to describe.

And for those who doubt that (even "good") reeds might be asymetrical- I can vouch that in the 16 years I have owned an accurate reed measuring device, I've only a handful of times measured a reed that was symetrical. Almost every time I've balanced a reed- just using measurements- it has become more responsive and improved the tone quality (though this has also sometimes resulted in a reed that was too soft- which i save for students)

dn

Post Edited (2014-04-23 03:52)

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