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Re: Breaking in reed - new approach?

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2020-10-22 04:00

I tried this on a reed I'm currently breaking in and it actually seemed to work -n the second try.

I didn't understand from the description which direction to flick the free end of the reed. My first try was to flick downward with my finger hitting the bark, which flexed the corner of the vamp forward. When I tested it, the reed was unplayable - completely closed up. Wrong direction! So I laid the corner back on the table and flicked from the underside. That fixed the original damage and actually succeeded in freeing the reed up.

Apparently, you're not just softening. You must be slightly bending the tip toward or away from the rails of the mouthpiece. My first try bent the tip toward and, probably, against the corner of the rails. The second try must have bent it back to and slightly past where it had started.

So my questions are: did I soften the fibers, or did I just bend the tip slightly away from the rails, creating more room for vibration; if I was only bending the reed, will it still be shaped the same way the next time I wet it and try to play on it (tune in tomorrow)?

I suppose whatever the actual effect is, it still would be a viable on-the-fly adjustment to a balky reed when you don't have time to find and wet a different one.

Karl

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