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shaping reeds

Author: malanr
Date: 2008-11-03 15:43

Question, I noticed that the shape of the tip of the reed does not match the shape of my mouthpiece.

Any of you pros custom cut your reed to exactly match your mouthpiece? Or is this something no one has thought about?

Just another muscian

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Re: shaping reeds

Author: Ryder
Date: 2008-11-03 16:58

Many people sand the tip with extremely fine grain sandpaper, say about 800+. Others (most of us probably) just put up with it because we find it makes little difference as long as the reed is well balanced.

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Ryder Naymik
San Antonio, Texas
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