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 Re: wire for Oboe reed
Author: WoodwindOz 
Date:   2010-10-19 15:05

I buy my short scrape handmade reeds already wired. I find it extremely handy for making minute adjustments for tone and resistance - pressure with my fingers only for subtle change or pliers for a more drastic change. It tends to help stop reeds collapsing (in my experience) in extremes of weather.

However, having returned from the US a couple of days ago and having a wander into a double reed store there (where I purchased several long scrape reeds out of curiosity), I'm not sure how wire would work on long scrape. To my untrained eyes, the scrape seems to extend on these particular (handmade) reeds almost to the thread. The wired reeds I use have the wire situated at least 5mm from the thread - would that not interfere with the scrape to some degree? Pardon my ignorance on long scrape!

I personally like the wire. My reed feels naked without it (!) and I like that extra amount of control I have over adjustment (which is not as final or fatal as scraping alone).

It never hurts to experiment though - if the reeds are not working as they are, it can't hurt to try!

Rachel
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