Author: cjwright
Date: 2008-04-11 16:21
"What is it that adds the "cover" to a reed? Is it the mass of the heart relative to the thinness of the tip?"
Do you mean what part of the structure of a reed gives cover, or what part about the gouge encourages a more covered sound?
"For "vibrancy", you all seem to gouge as thinly as possible - this concurs with my thoughts about the cane closer to the surface having greater tensile strength than the softer cane deeper down. "
I wouldn't consider my gouge "thin" persay. I gouge at .63, which is thicker that most people, but it does depend on the balance of the reed, and the skeletal concept of the reed.
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