Author: vboboe
Date: 2009-01-01 21:07
... wiring was #2 of the 4 fixes i was thinking of, and it might work OK if it's also taped over afterwards
for general reed-making i use wire as a 'fixit' accessory, agree with johnt / tomstacy wire's not standard practice for making new reeds, especially not for American scrape
with A-scrape reeds, i treat the wire that comes on some like 'packaging' -- i remove it
however, it is more commonly seen on new U-scrape reeds, and indeed, when i first learned that method i was taught to wire the reed over a wrapped strip of gold-beater's skin (to protect the cane's sides) right after tying on, this held the throat fully open while completely drying out the new blank -- at least 1/2 to maybe 2/3 of the gape was readily squeezed down during scraping and thinning the cane, the last remainder of the gape was adjusted in the mouth by blowing in -- after removing the retainer wire but re-wrapping the gold-beater's skin tightly -- and a reed made this way would spring open again a fair bit when it dried
nowadays i suspect i was taught to do this because as a student i needed thinner and softer reeds at the time, and the wiring compensated the cane against the effect of said student's drac bite }:-[
our original postee might still be having embouchure growth and development issues with over-bite, in which case wiring might help if the reed's young enough to make it worthwhile
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