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New reeds cut the Wright way...

Author: Ken Lagace
Date: 2020-12-08 01:48
Attachment: Harold Wrights Reed Adjustment Drawings.png (444k)

I learned reed making and mouthpiece refacing from Kal Opperman, while also learning how to play the clarinet correctly. Kal and another student, Harold Wright, got much of their reed making learning from Ralph McLane.
I always made my reeds a certain way, the same way Opperman and Wright fixed their own reeds.
I recently asked Brad why he doesn't make a line of reeds like these, with the shoulders cut so the slope of the rails is cut all the way back to the bark cut just like the center is.
His answer;
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Hi Ken,

I've got the Lagace specials available on this page here:
https://www.clarinetmouthpiece.com/product-page/behn-brio-bb-clarinet-reeds

I appreciate your encouraging me to do this. It brings me closest to my idea from back in the days when I re-manufactured blue box VD reeds with my reedual. Thanks.

I welcome your sharing this link on the clarinet BB so others might find it too.

Brad________________________________________
So now he is making this different new of cut reed the Wright way and they are named ‘Brio’ reeds.
I have tried them and they are great for me. His cane has always been good, so a bit of tweaking here and there for your setup, and they might work wonderfully for you too.

See Wright’s description - attached.

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