Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2014-12-19 22:37
I may be reading "Tom's" comments incorrectly, but it I say that this 'shifting' for reed performance is an emergency measure that I would reserve for walking out on stage with a reed that suddenly, and unexpectedly decided to play too weak (or too stiff, or too much to one side).
Ideally, you want your reed center, covering the most side and tip rail as possible. If there is a balance issue as you break-in the reed, you need to take care of this with reed rush, a reed knife, a reed wizard, whatever means you have available to you BEFORE you get to a rehearsal or performance. Same goes for a reed that is just a tad too strong. If the reed is too weak, you can do a modicum of clipping, but this must be accompanied by thinning out the very tip of the reed and re-balancing.
................Paul Aviles
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