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Re: Legere Inspiration mouthpiece

Author: seabreeze
Date: 2015-02-11 16:55

Babrinka,

I play Vandoren 3 or 3.5 on both the Play Easy and the Soloist M. Both models have too much resistance for me if I use anything stronger. The sound is so covered that you've got to have something really vibrating to get enough overtones. A heavier reed gives too much fundamental. I'm curious to know if that expensive titanium tenon ring strengthens the upper partials a bit but I'm not ready yet to pay that much to find out. Still, for something like Brahms, the sound is just right. It also blends with the French horns beautifully--no annoying buzz to disturb the mellowness. '

By the way, the Kuckmeiers are still not my favorite mouthpieces of those I own and play. My favorite is a Brad Behn Vintage D modeled after an old Alexandre Robert mouthpiece; it has a close 0.97 tip opening, and I can get more different timbres out of it than I can from the Kuckmeiers, but nothing so dark and covered. I also play cane Vandoren 3 reeds on the Behn.

Post Edited (2015-02-12 09:31)

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