Hey LD - saxophone query....

[Doctor Phibes]

Have you ever tried plastic reeds?

Cane has always been the bane of my life, and now I'm picking up the instrument again, I'm looking at alternatives. I'm waiting for a delivery from legere.com - one reed costs roughly the same as an entire box, but should last about a year, and more importantly is much more consistent.

I'm still horribly rusty after not playing for years, but this might help with one of the irritations.

[LuFins Dad]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Hey LD - saxophone query....:

Have you ever tried plastic reeds?

Cane has always been the bane of my life, and now I'm picking up the instrument again, I'm looking at alternatives. I'm waiting for a delivery from legere.com - one reed costs roughly the same as an entire box, but should last about a year, and more importantly is much more consistent.

I'm still horribly rusty after not playing for years, but this might help with one of the irritations.

I’ve not. I think plastic reeds were originally for playing outdoors like Marching Bands. They were supposed to give you more volume. Over recent years decades, I understand they are much better, but I’ve been a creature of habit and not tried one. Please let me know how it goes. I haven’t played since COVID and am getting ready to get started again.

[Doctor Phibes]

@LuFins-Dad said in Hey LD - saxophone query....:

@Doctor-Phibes said in Hey LD - saxophone query....:

Have you ever tried plastic reeds?

Cane has always been the bane of my life, and now I'm picking up the instrument again, I'm looking at alternatives. I'm waiting for a delivery from legere.com - one reed costs roughly the same as an entire box, but should last about a year, and more importantly is much more consistent.

I'm still horribly rusty after not playing for years, but this might help with one of the irritations.

I’ve not. I think plastic reeds were originally for playing outdoors like Marching Bands. They were supposed to give you more volume. Over recent years decades, I understand they are much better, but I’ve been a creature of habit and not tried one. Please let me know how it goes. I haven’t played since COVID and am getting ready to get started again.

I got the Legere, and I've played it for three days. I can definitely see the appeal. It doesn't play quite as well or feel the same as a really good cane reed, but it plays an awful lot better than a bad one, and it's the same every time, doesn't need wetting, it just plays. The first day I thought I'd wasted $40, but it's grown on me, and today I enjoyed playing on it. My chops are still in pretty bad shape after an extended lay-off, so hopefully it will get better as I do.

The strength is a bit harder than cane - I play a number 3 Java Red normally, and got a 2.5 Legere American cut - this is on tenor.