Hi all,

For some months now, my only reed has been the Legere Classic 2.5 for Bb Clarinet. Love it! I'm looking at moving to the next strength, as well as to a new ligature and mouthpiece.

In the discussion at http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=475372&t=460653 , folks are most consistently recommending NOT a Legere CLARINET reed but the Legere Soprano SAX Signature.

A couple of the posts even recommend the TENOR SAX Legere, which I happen to have for another instrument. However, at ~8cm long,the tenor reed does not fit on my clarinet nor within my current ligature.

My questions:

1- In that discussion, would the tenor have been suggested only for a bass clarinet, then?

2 - Have any of you, too, found the Legere sax reed better on your clarinet than the clarinet reed?

3 - If you know, what is the length of the Legere Soprano Sax Signature?

4 - Do you know if the Legere Signature for Bb clarinet now "caught up" to the sax ones, such that the recommendations on that board -for clarinet- should be considered obsolete? i.e. On clarinet, are we to expect as excellent results with the Signature clarinet reeds as people were reporting in the sax ones?

I'm looking for the most efficient set-up for home, reducing any steps possible while ensuring the clarinet dries out sufficiently.

When it's not travelling, I like to leave my clarinet on the stand, have it ready to play.
I play several times per day.

Factors:

• If I'm using a cane reed, I put the reed away (in Reedjuvinate) between practice sessions.
• Legere says we need to put the synthetic reed away too, in case it were to somehow get broken, but for the increase in practice I'd get, I'd rather leave it in, have it broken once in a blue moon, and buy a replacement!
• Swab is hanky style and can't fit through the mouthpiece and rest of clarinet in one go.
• I have this stand: https://www.long-mcquade.com/71453/Band---Orchestral/Stands/K---M-Stands/5-Leg-In-Bell-Clarinet-Stand.htm

Do I really need to remove the synthetic reed, ligature, and mouthpiece, run the hanky through the mouthpiece, then run the hanky through the rest of the clarinet between practices, the set up the last few pieces every time I want to play again?

And does the inside of the clarinet dry out sufficiently on that stand?

Oh! I didn't know the cap could be helpful this way! Thanks so much for both tips.

I play different instruments so sometimes in a jam the clarinet is set aside for, say, three songs/twenty minutes.

Wow, windydankoff, thank you!! (I'm a big fan of the Alexander Technique.) Much appreciated.

Thanks, TMHeimer

With none posted here, I continued my googling and found a couple (nonvideo, unfortunately):

https://www.wwbw.com/the-music-room/is-it-necessary-for-musicians-to-warm-up-and-use-finger-exercises

http://docs.kultureshock.net/0001/10725-4bc5481dcdd3359df2d2b46eb1df774d.pdf (page 5)

https://www.musicnotes.com/blog/2014/06/17/stretches-for-musicians/

At least one of these exercises is offered in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-jyvDNJqAc&feature=youtu.be