I bought a Legere Signature 2.75 reed a year or so ago and liked it so much I bought a second one as a spare. I thought synthetic reeds would be identical but the new one doesn’t play nearly as well.
I really enjoyed your examples because I could form a genuinely unbiased impression. I didn’t like the Legere at all but then perhaps it was unfair to compare a softer strength. The second (cane Rue le Pic) stood out as much richer/ more complex, louder and characterful - definitely my favourite and then the Venn sounded better than Legere in this comparison but it was somehow obvious the second two reeds were stronger. I will now look to see if you gave compared the different styles of Legere. In Australia, people are talking about the European cut … Thanks for this demo. More blind testing!
Ive been trying the Venn reed for a few months now and find that after a while moisture is retained behind the reed causing problems. If left to dry out completely its good to go again.
Thanks for the comparison, but the dominant synthetic reed among clarinetists today is clearly the Legere European Cut, not the standard Signature. It would have been helpful to include the Euro Cut here.
Hi - Thanks for the comment, the Signature still outsells other Legere models 3 to 1 in our Dawkes stats for the last 2 years. That was the main reason we chose it but that may be an anomaly vs the wider market. We will absolutely do something on the Euro Cut very soon though - thanks for checking out the video.
I could tell a difference but I couldn't tell which was which other than not liking 1 that much and preferring 2 the most. I prefer European Cut clarinet reed over Signature reeds. They are a little less resistant than Signature reeds and I like the sound I get more. I have played on European Cut reeds on soprano sax Selmer mouthpieces before. They play well due to being slightly wider than standard clarinet reeds, so cover the window of some soprano sax mouthpieces better than normal soprano sax reeds and they give me a more centred sound than some soprano sax reeds.
I bought a Legere Signature 2.75 reed a year or so ago and liked it so much I bought a second one as a spare. I thought synthetic reeds would be identical but the new one doesn’t play nearly as well.
I use the Legere with a Vandoren B40 and love it - it just seems to make playing so much easier
3 or 31/2?
I really enjoyed your examples because I could form a genuinely unbiased impression. I didn’t like the Legere at all but then perhaps it was unfair to compare a softer strength. The second (cane Rue le Pic) stood out as much richer/ more complex, louder and characterful - definitely my favourite and then the Venn sounded better than Legere in this comparison but it was somehow obvious the second two reeds were stronger. I will now look to see if you gave compared the different styles of Legere. In Australia, people are talking about the European cut … Thanks for this demo. More blind testing!
for me it s impossible to put legere or venn reed on bd4 with optimum vandoren ligature, what a pity !
Ive been trying the Venn reed for a few months now and find that after a while moisture is retained behind the reed causing problems. If left to dry out completely its good to go again.
What is the name of the tune played at the beginning of this video? I would like to play it.
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Mexican Hat Dance I believe
The rue 56 had the cleanest sound. Incidentally I also main strength 3.5 rue 56 reeds on B-flat clarinet.
Thanks for the comparison, but the dominant synthetic reed among clarinetists today is clearly the Legere European Cut, not the standard Signature. It would have been helpful to include the Euro Cut here.
Hi - Thanks for the comment, the Signature still outsells other Legere models 3 to 1 in our Dawkes stats for the last 2 years. That was the main reason we chose it but that may be an anomaly vs the wider market. We will absolutely do something on the Euro Cut very soon though - thanks for checking out the video.
I could tell a difference but I couldn't tell which was which other than not liking 1 that much and preferring 2 the most. I prefer European Cut clarinet reed over Signature reeds. They are a little less resistant than Signature reeds and I like the sound I get more. I have played on European Cut reeds on soprano sax Selmer mouthpieces before. They play well due to being slightly wider than standard clarinet reeds, so cover the window of some soprano sax mouthpieces better than normal soprano sax reeds and they give me a more centred sound than some soprano sax reeds.
Cane reed still sounded the best