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Author: Tony Pay ★2017
Date: 2019-12-02 20:39
I suspect that most of us who adjust reeds change where we scrape them according to our personal assessment of what's required. I myself have adjusted reeds close to where the filing circumcision occurs, for example.
Given that reeds can be made worse or better by the filing (for any given mouthpiece) your initial question can be answered in another way.
What is the indiscriminate filing 'meant' to do? you asked.
The manufacturers will have in mind their bottom line, which is to sell more reeds. A small, easy to implement and fairly insignificant change can create a bit of a hype such as we've seen here, and probably elsewhere.
So I'd say that that is what the filing is 'designed' to do. Some reeds will benefit, others not, as you indicate. But they may sell more of both.
The use of the word 'design' is interesting. The word suggests scientifically-based intention in one context, but also manipulation in another: 'He had designs on the money'.
Absent the science, I'm drawn to the second interpretation.
Tony
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