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Author: Meri
Date: 2000-08-01 16:05
Recently I have been experiencing somewhat higher than the usual percentage of chirping reeds. (VD Regular no. 4's) Aside from the changes in my technique my teacher has suggested, and the fact that he suggested that I use even harder reeds, what could be the problem? I'm wondering if the reeds themselves are quite bad (not to mention somewhat softer than VD #4's of 3-4 years ago!) or if my mouthpiece could be warped.
Other causes?
Meri
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2000-08-01 18:26
I assume this is on a Bb soprano? When I get chirps on my bass [more prone to difficulties], I look for pad leaks, poor fingering and mp-reed problems and try various changes to solve my problems. Luck, Don
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Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2000-08-01 21:19
Meri wrote:
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Recently I have been experiencing somewhat higher than the usual percentage of chirping reeds. (VD Regular no. 4's) Aside from the changes in my technique my teacher has suggested, and the fact that he suggested that I use even harder reeds, what could be the problem? I'm wondering if the reeds themselves are quite bad (not to mention somewhat softer than VD #4's of 3-4 years ago!) or if my mouthpiece could be warped.
Other causes?
Meri
Meri -
Please click on the blue text to get my longish post on <A HREF=http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?id=16445>Chirping Reeds<A>.
If you continue to have trouble, come back and we'll try again.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Sam
Date: 2000-08-02 05:02
I don't think this chriping is caused by your reeds but by your mouthpiece. At least that was the case for me a few years back.
Maybe you should invest in a different, well made mouthpiece if you haven't already.
Sam
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Author: Lelia
Date: 2000-08-04 17:51
I started getting chirps and tweets on my alto sax about a year and a half ago. After a few weeks, the chirps turned into squeaks and hoots, at which point I realized I couldn't blame my reeds. The cause turned out to be a hairline crack in the tip of the mouthpiece. The crack was invisible to the naked eye, but showed up under a strong magnifying glass in good light. I used black epoxy to seal the crack, by rubbing the wet epoxy over the crack and then smoothing it down well, with light sanding after the epoxy dried. So far, this invisible repair has held up -- knock wood, because it's a good mouthpiece! I've also had chirps from poor fit between certain brands of mouthpieces and reeds and from tiny pad leaks.
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