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Re: How Does Legere Control Strength

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2022-11-16 17:17

I would say all the factors are proprietary information. Though they say themselves how much work they put into determining the formula of the plastic itself. You can see (if you have them) the different types of material they have used for the SAME style of reed over the years.

There is also some sort of patterning they can impose on the structure as well. There were tighter. less patterned versions and now the Euro cut exhibits a zig-zag pattern that repeats throughout the structure (not sure how the building of the reed allow this to happen).

The difference in materials was most illustrative between the Signature Soprano sax reeds and the Signature European Cut reeds BEFORE the strengths were printed on a coating over the "bark" of the reed. The Soprano sax reeds were much clearer (see through) and had a more brittle compliance and sound (I preferred these in certain situations). They have since dropped the clearer version of the Signature Soprano sax reed..........a shame.

Back in the day with the different versions named after Canadian Provences you could see more of the traditional cane sort of differences in the Legeres. Some had more of a spine in the vamp or the thickness (up and down) of the material itself was different. That isn't to say that they still do this. It would be just another variable to fine tune what they do.

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

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