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Re: Sanding a Reed

Author: Musikat
Date: 2018-08-02 05:58

Paul, your explanation made me wonder something. When you say "outside edge" do you mean the top of the read on the far left or right side, OR do you mean the actual edge of the reed?

Am I the only one that sands that? Sometimes when a reed is unbalanced on one side but otherwise very good and I don't want to soften it anymore, or if it is getting a little soft otherwise I run the side edges of the reed (one or both) along very fine grit sandpaper once or twice. I have never seen this advice and can't remember why I started doing it. It makes the reed every so slightly narrower, it does seem to improve response so I kept doing it.

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