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Re: New reed adjustment method

Author: Paul Globus
Date: 2021-03-16 03:25

I first saw this done in Europe, many years ago. It was at the Vandoren factory in Paris in the days when one could try reeds before purchasing them (yes, it's true; not sure if everyone could do it but I was with my teacher and he was permitted to do it so I was too).

A older gentleman, playing a full system instrument (if you don't know what that is, it's a clarinet with an articulated G# key and a low D), was "flicking" just about every reed to get it play as he wanted. At one point, I asked him (in French) what he was doing. He told me he was "fixing" the reeds.

I tried it myself later that day and, to my surprise, it worked to improve the reed's response. As Mr. Gustafsson says, the light, flicking action enables you to adjust the reed's internal fibers without altering or distorting the exterior profile, which is what happens most often after scraping or sanding. That's a very good thing since it's almost always the uneven stiffness of the internal fibers that cause reeds to play less than optimally.

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