jonf
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Well, this is an odd thing. Following the poll started by Pete, and all the interest which ensued about synthetic reeds, I bought a Legere Signature Series for tenor, strength 2.5. I slapped it on the Brilhart Level Air (current version) I've been playing for the last few weeks, and it was great. Just a really good reed, and ready to blow as soon as I put it on. I've been playing it for several weeks now, and I'm really pleased with it.
BUT, I tried it on my RPC115B a few days ago. It just didn't work. Dull, unresponsive, muddy tone. All the RPC sparkle gone. So, thinks I, have I just got too used to the Brilhart? I grabbed a Rico Jazz Select from the box, put it on and the old RPC was back. Tried again with the Legere. Useless. Tried the Legere on the Level Air. Worked great. Tried the RJS on the Level Air. That worked great too! Rovner lig on both mouthpieces, same sax, same gob. What's all this about then?
BUT, I tried it on my RPC115B a few days ago. It just didn't work. Dull, unresponsive, muddy tone. All the RPC sparkle gone. So, thinks I, have I just got too used to the Brilhart? I grabbed a Rico Jazz Select from the box, put it on and the old RPC was back. Tried again with the Legere. Useless. Tried the Legere on the Level Air. Worked great. Tried the RJS on the Level Air. That worked great too! Rovner lig on both mouthpieces, same sax, same gob. What's all this about then?