Bassoon Reeds

This reed sounds the upper register fat better than a cane reed for me. The overall sound clarity is better as well. I’ve only been playing with this reed for a week or so. I am hoping for superior life from this reed as compared to a cane reed.

I was honestly shocked at how much I loved these reeds. I took the plunge and took the risk after hearing great things from the musicians and I was expecting to hate them but as soon as I tried them, I couldn’t get enough of them and I ordered one for each of my three saxophones! I am fully converted to these reeds and the fact they are made in Canada is the icing on the cake!! keep up the good work guys!

Quick response when playing notes. No change in performance whether it is cold or humid. No scraping or clipping reeds as I have always had to do with may cane reeds.

I've been playing with Legere alto sax reeds for about 8 years now and I have found them to be very reliable, consistent, and well playing reeds without the fuss of cane reeds. They get a response for soft entrances easier than a typical cane reeds that haven't been worked on or really good. You can leave them out without needing to wet them, you don't need to worry about your reed warping, you have 0.25 adjustments to get the right strength.
The potential downsides is that whatever reed you got out of the package is what it is going to be and you cannot work on the reed to change it. You may have a little more difficulty playing up in the altissimo with plastic reeds.

I've been playing clarinet 58 years using cane reeds but over the last year I started having a lot of difficulty with the Vandoren V12's. There seem to be a lot of inconsistency in their quality and when I found a good one it just didn't last as long as they use to. I first tried a Legere about 25 years ago at a ClarinetFest and wasn't impressed but an old friend of mine who was an early adopter convinced me to give them another try. I'm so glad he did! I bought the European Cut and the Classic. The Euro Cut was not right for me but with the Classic it was love at first play. I'm a first/solo player in 2 large concert bands and also play weddings and at various house parties. In the Bands I play a lot in the Altissimo. The Classic played easily and evenly throughout the whole range of the instrument and it's sound was rich and full very much like a top notch cane reed. Thank you Legere!

I prefer the french cut sound.. I use a Syos tenor sax mouthpiece and the bass clarinet legere is a little too wide. Guess I’ll stick with your tenor french cut👍

I very much like the response of this reed. I wish there was more consistency in the strengths. One can be very hard, one can be too soft and some are just right. Overall they work well on both my Vandoren M13 lyre and my Hawkins.

Just received my Legere Bassoon Reed and am very satisfied with it! The Reed responded as soon as I got it on my Bassoon! Good tone and easy to play, I would definitely recommend it to any player.

I use this reed for my pit orchestra doubling. It is always available and sounds great in all registers.

It has more bite and is easier to play than the signature.

These reeds got me through University and totally changed the game! Great for traveling gigs

I have been using Legere Reeds for about 7 years now. It took a well to find the selection that I prefer but I'm happen with the Signature reed for now. It also took a minute for me to choose the right strength so for now I'm using 2.75. I would like to use a 3.0 but I'm not getting any younger. It's so gratifying not to work on a reed for 3 days (a little exaggeration) to play on it in public. I do not leave home without 2 of these reeds in my case.

Still working on my wife who makes her own reeds to ask before ordering a trial, but my son won't even consider not using legere. Still breaking in this one but they always sound great. And the bassoon reed had to be kept wet.... just plug and play with legere!

During this year's band concert our son has a soprano solo dor the opening of the second song... reed plays amazingly well without having to keep wet on the off songs and a couple of musicians commented on how good the sound was. Not to take away from a hs freshman performance, but good equipment matters.

The reeds are fairly consistent reed to reed. Lasts a long time and gives a variety of tone colors. I exclusively use legere french cut 3.75 on alto!