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Re: Air pressure

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2022-05-19 20:44

Older thread but relevant to me again!

As severe weather systems roll through my area (low pressure systems) I have experienced another round of ZERO performance out of my reeds 3.50 Legere Euro Cut reeds. I even moved down in strength in the Euro Cut and still found relatively poor performance. I finally had pretty good results moving to a softer-than-normal Legere Signature Soprano Sax reed (the equivalent strength is softer to begin with). I believe the shorter length of reed helped the vibrations under these less than ideal circumstances.

It also seems that it is not necessarily the final barometric pressure number that creates the poor playing characteristics for my usual reeds, but rather it is when the pressure is heading downward dramatically that creates the unplayability. The other day the pressure was still pretty low but heading upward and my usual reeds were playing just fine.

Finally, since the last time this was an issue for me happened to be a change of seasons (the Fall), I believe the humidity and temperature are contributing factors as well.

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

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