Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2020-08-15 21:46
SunnyDaze wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have bought a copy of "Handbook for making and adjusting
> single reeds" by Kalmen Opperman, and have been trying the
> advice in with my vandoren glass Resurfacer kit.
>
> I think maybe for people who are starting out at adjusting
> reeds like me then this book and the vandoren Glass Reed
> Resurfacer might be a good place to start.
You always should keep in mind that ultimately it isn't the tool or even the technique you use that matters so much as where you remove cane and how much. Anthony Gigliotti used reed rush for all of his adjustments. He used a knife only to cut the bark straight across ("file-cut" or "French-cut") when availability issues with Vandoren forced him to use other reeds. One of his students (Eddie Marks) with whom I studied for a couple of months, only used a reed knife (without taking the reed off the mouthpiece). I know players today who use the Vandoren stick, a Reed Geek, files, the Ridenour ATG block, a knife, and even, still, rush. Brad Behn has one video on YouTube in which he uses a thin strip of sandpaper near the tip and both a knife and a Geek for work farther down the vamp and a file along the edge of the bark.
The point is that reed balancing is a matter of applying whatever technique and tool is most comfortable (and, hopefully, effective) to shape the reed in a way that allows you to produce your best performance.
Karl
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