Author: Jarmo Hyvakko
Date: 2019-12-09 14:27
Paul, i mean the tip rail. If you put the reed clearly below the tip of the mouthpiece, it acts just like a thin tip rail. And when you move the reed towards the tip, it does what a thick tip rail does: dampens the overtones and thus makes the sound "darker" and "softer". In my experience the dangerous thing is to place the reed tip above the mouthpiece tip, the reed stops working properly.
Jarmo Hyvakko, Principal Clarinet, Tampere Philharmonic, Finland
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