Author: RobinDesHautbois
Date: 2011-04-03 12:46
You're completely right to suggest we need to give more importance to binding! (I just find the word tying gets me tongue-tied!)
MANY of my reeds play almost wonderfully except that they are chocked with an overlap. If I try to undo the overlap by inserting a placque, twisting and securing with cellophane: sure, the choke goes away, but instability becomes an understatement!
Normally, well tied (no overlap, no thread past the end of the staple) play wit excellent stability, if I didn't mess-up the scraping: thinner gouge helps with that. Though I try hard not to, some reeds get bound a half wind after the staple end: murder!
Strangely, I have had some reeds that separate (cane was not flat) but after playing a few minutes to soften them up, they are great.
Why my gum heals enough (post wisdom-tooth extraction) I will try reeds bound using that "cane guide" gadget. Hopefully it will help as much as the claims because for me, overlapping just weakens the reed.
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Robin Tropper
M.A.Sc., B.Mus., B.Ed.
http://RobinDesHautbois.blogspot.ca/music
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