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Re: Legere soprano on clarinet

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2024-03-06 21:22

If you are referring more to getting the reed into position before tightening you have to allow yourself a change in your frame of reference to the upper portion of the reed (shoving more side to side with more emphasis on an upward nudge for UP and vice versa).

Another issue may be that the reeds are really thin (up and down that is) so you may need SMALLER ligatures.

Here is my list:

Silverstein Cryo4T $210.00 (size 05 for German Mouthpiece!)
Silverstein Quattro $95.00 (also 05 size)

[I have all the Silversteins and these are the best sounding and most reliable. They come with an adjustable string length (Allen wrench included) and I actually adjust the the German size which is already smaller down a bit further]

Vandoren Optimum Bb German $92.00 (Weiner Music)

[I recommend the plate with the 4 dots as best.....you may want to try the others as well]

Luyben $15.00 (also available at Weiner Music)

The overall winner under ANY circumstance for me is the Vandoren German Optimum, but I interchange a lot........and use some others as well but with some greater tradeoffs in usability.

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

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