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Re: any difference in reed characteristics

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2013-07-15 09:15

I have personally stopped putting much effort into modifying reeds, but my thought on your query would be ....... no.

The stronger reed starts out that way either because there is MORE material or because the existing material is DENSER. As you thin out a denser material to make it play softer, there is a more flaccid response to it simply because you then have less structure than the reed needs to stand up to its job. If the reed just needs material taken away (tip, heart, sides whatever) then you have a reed that will exhibit greater vibrations throughout than it did before. This reed would sound darker, tubbier etc. than a reed that started out as a softer reed.

..................Paul Aviles

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