At the recommendation of another Alto Clarinet player I decided to try Legere Alto Sax reeds on m my Alto Clarinet. I play a Clarke Fobes 10K Alto Clarinet mouthpiece with a Vandoren Optimum ligature. I tried the Legere Alto Sax French Cut, American Cut and Signature reeds all 3.00. I had a bit of success with the French cut, but felt the 3.00 was too stiff for me. I was not able to produce a quality sound using the American cut or the Signature. I requested an exchange of all 3 reeds and in true Legere excellent customer service fashion, they granted the requested exchanges. I received the exchanges quickly and tried the French cut 2.75 I requested and I had much more success with this strength. It is still a bit stiff for me, but I am improving the more I play it. Legere exchanged the other 2 reeds for Bb clarinet reeds for me. I have been playing Legere reeds on my Bb and Eb soprano clarinets for years. I am a Legere enthusiast and am hoping I can find just the right Legere reed for my Alto Clarinet! I was able to gift the 3 Alto Sax reeds I couldn't use to a sax player in my wind ensemble to try. I hope they have success with them. Thank you Legere customer service for making the exchanges so easy. I'll be ordering an Alto Sax French cut 2.50 soon.
