Author: HautboisJJ
Date: 2007-12-21 18:40
I have the same feeling with Claire as in regard of these matters. I am also suspecting that the opening is way too big, causing the flatness and lack of vibration. If "pinching" the reed, rendering the opening much smaller doesn't improve vibration, try and define the scrape a bit more, making the the U (or W depending on the type of scrape you use, yes, there is a W scrape in short scrape reeds if someone is curious.) clearer. One can also
scrape a bit from the back starting exactly at the the point of the begining of the scrape to lighten and improve response. If all fails, lengthen the scrape bit by bit, but this is risky, considering that the reed is flat.
Hope this helps!
Regards,
Howard
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