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 Re: Favorite store-bought/online reeds?
Author: cjwright 
Date:   2009-02-26 20:28

People who put wire on EH reeds do so to change the acoustical nodes on the reed in order to make the high notes sit up better. If someone uses wire to pinch the openings up more, then the wire is already too tight to function in this capacity, and works counteractive. I have heard both Tom Stacy and most recently Carolyn Hove speak negatively about wire on English Horn reeds, specifically because they see people using it to squeeze open the sides. If someone is having EH reed opening problems, then there is either something wrong with the gouge or something wrong with the scrape. (most often the latter).

Mr. Weber instructs to add wire 4-6mm above the string, just barely touching the sides but not squeezing them.

Having said that, one would assume that wire would be added to oboe reeds for same function (as is the case with short scrape reeds). Meg's reeds are a completely different design than my own, and I imagine her air/wind/embouchure is also very different from my own. She obviously finds this necessary but only she would know why. However oboe reeds should not need wire for the opening.

Last note: The reason why EH reeds need extra support in the high register is the extra width of the reed, and the amount necessary to be take out of the back.

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