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Reed Tip Adjustment

Author: Scaysie
Date: 2015-05-29 06:00

Hi All,
The Abstract:
A reed will perform optimally, if its striking surface (reed tip or hammer), matches precisely, the shape of the struck surface (mouthpiece tip rail or anvil, if you will)

Last night, in a quiet moment at band practice I was looking at the relationship of the tip shape of the Rico reed, and the shape of the tip rail on my Graubner Contra Bass mouthpiece, on my Leblanc Contra Bass.(Vandoran has a different profile ,but the problem remains)

Now that I think about it, this relationship is quite profound. No matter what I did I ,there was always a few thou of reed shoulder hanging over the rail ,or a few thou gap where part of the rail was not being struck by the reed.

Surely , there must be a place for a system to "work" a reed, so that it matches the profile of the tip rail more closely. Would such a process destroy the integrity of the reed ?....could this be restored by using ATG for example?

Before I head off to the workshop and spend hours fashioning a template to match the tip rail facing out of tool steel (that I can then attach to the reed and carefully sand or file the tip ....and finish it with ATG ?),has anyone examined this situation and perhaps come up with a better plan?.Thanks to all for losing sleep over my question

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