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Re: Reed question

Author: vboboe
Date: 2008-01-31 04:42

<<You're saying other reeds don't have this problem? Are they on the same gouge?>>
... i'm using only glotin standard ready-to-tie, what gouge do they use?

<<Sounds like maybe the sides of the gouge are a bit too thin, or your shape is a bit to wide>>
... OK, after looking a lot closer i see one quadrant of the heart is thinner than the other three, and over the rail, so that's thinned that side, from the top anyway (not the gouge itself)

<<Have you ... trimmed the sides of the tip slightly in so that they don't flare out (I don't mean the corners, I mean the actual sides of the tip). Sometimes this helps to prop up the high notes>> and <<very lightly buff the side of the tip of my reed so that it curves in at the top. It's amazing how this helps focus the upper register and also can free up some vibration in the tip>>

... OK, so that's good to know, i've sometimes done that because (ahem) sometimes scraping frays tip sides a bit, but didn't know it had more use to it than cosmetic value (there's a lot of stuff to know about american scrape reeds!)

<<The problem may be because of what you identify as the reed's natural tendency to be flat>>

OK, it's not quite 71mm, could clip the tip a micro sliver to sharpen it up

thanks, i'll give these ideas a go

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