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Re: Reeds: Sanding the flat side.

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2015-12-13 18:14

I forgot about this. The backside of wet dry sandpaper, the black sandpaper kind of has a waxy feel to it. If the bottom of the reed is so warped that the sound of the clarinet suffers and you are suffering with your embouchure trying to control the reed well sand it, file it, do whatever you like to do with the bottom of the reed and then use the back of the sandpaper to polish or a better word is to try and seal the reed with the waxy side of the sandpaper. Sometimes it helps sometimes it doesn't, but it's worth a try. The reeds do need to be wet so maybe too much built up of the waxy stuff kind of repels the moisture. If this happens you can always try lightly washing it off with water. I wouldn't sand it off.

Before sanding or filing the reed you can try rubbing the reed on te waxy side of the sandpaper first and see if anything happens. You will probably see where the reeds are warped.

Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces

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