From what I understand, Legeres are decent but I’d stay away from Fibercane/Fibracell reeds. They are more consistent and can last longer if you care for them from what I understand, but this is also true for if you opt to use a plastic clarinet or saxophone or bassoon Reed. A cane Reed is a living thing and thus may behave differently in different temparatures and humidity, while a plastic Reed is not and will be consistent, while many people claim they are inferior and don’t produce the same, reedy, full tone quality that you’d get from cane. I’m personally a clarinet player and while I have tried a Legere Reed the one I had was WAYYYY too thick and I haven’t truly been able to make a judgement on whether plastic is truly better than cane. Anyway sorry for my long tangent on your ages old comment, I hope you and anyone reading this has a good day :)
@@LordFloofTM Dave Shaffer of MIRI Corp - Musical Instruments Reeds International I worked for him for 20 years as he did RnD for the Fibracell flat reed for cl alto ten bari ... actually floated. I was QC for the Fibercane oboe reed. We wholesaled to Selmer. Machining tooling custom cutters hydrologic pneumatics motors switches relays and plastic dust. Oh, injection molded basson reeds too! The question do they last longer lol yes, at what cost lol I tested maybe 1/2 million reeds and were distributed all over for years then they were discontinued. Fibracell interesting history for another time.
If anyone is concerned you should start with a medium-soft reed because they are very easy to break
You might want to cover the different hardnesses of reeds because for a beginner, they don’t know what the difference is or which one they should get.
I got a plastic oboe Reed, will it last longer since its plastic?
LucasPlaysMC plastic reeds aren't the best at all you should stick with cane
From what I understand, Legeres are decent but I’d stay away from Fibercane/Fibracell reeds. They are more consistent and can last longer if you care for them from what I understand, but this is also true for if you opt to use a plastic clarinet or saxophone or bassoon Reed. A cane Reed is a living thing and thus may behave differently in different temparatures and humidity, while a plastic Reed is not and will be consistent, while many people claim they are inferior and don’t produce the same, reedy, full tone quality that you’d get from cane. I’m personally a clarinet player and while I have tried a Legere Reed the one I had was WAYYYY too thick and I haven’t truly been able to make a judgement on whether plastic is truly better than cane. Anyway sorry for my long tangent on your ages old comment, I hope you and anyone reading this has a good day :)
@@LordFloofTM Dave Shaffer of MIRI Corp - Musical Instruments Reeds International
I worked for him for 20 years as he did RnD for the Fibracell flat reed for cl alto ten bari ... actually floated. I was QC for the Fibercane oboe reed. We wholesaled to Selmer. Machining tooling custom cutters hydrologic pneumatics motors switches relays and plastic dust. Oh, injection molded basson reeds too! The question do they last longer lol yes, at what cost lol I tested maybe 1/2 million reeds and were distributed all over for years then they were discontinued. Fibracell interesting history for another time.
Could you please let me know where I can get the tube cleaning paper, please?