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Author: jhoyla
Date: 2011-09-13 17:00
@GoodWinds,
I assume you mean "the 'blend' (between tip and heart) .." - that is the normal place for the blend!
The blend is the critical valve that allows only the good vibrations to progress through the heart, back, staple and into the instrument. Getting it right takes both practice and technique.
There are two techniques that I use that really help get this right.
1. Tiny scrapes. Don't be tempted to do long (> 1mm) scrapes anywhere near the blend.
2. Angle the reed with respect to the knife. You can angle the reed in three dimensions - think "pitch, roll and yaw", the degrees of freedom of an aircraft - only scrape the reed when you have set the correct angle of attack, not before.
"pitch" I generally adjust using the wrist of the reed hand, and for "yaw" I move the elbow of my knife hand.
If you want a steep blend you need to adjust the pitch of the reed so that the opening is pointing up (say) towards the corner of the ceiling, and then take tiny scrapes that do not exceed the blend in length. This sounds hard, but it really isn't - it just takes practice.
BTW, there is an eastern-European scraping method where the reed opening faces you and you scrape towards yourself (I experimented with this for a while, but it requires a reverse burr). you have less knife control, but SUPERB visibility while you scrape. You get a much better view of the whole lay of the reed, especially the blend and tip. I often flip the reed round to see it in this light while I am scraping.
J.
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WoodwindOz |
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2011-09-08 16:15 |
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2011-09-08 19:22 |
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JRC |
2011-09-08 20:36 |
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WoodwindOz |
2011-09-08 22:19 |
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JRC |
2011-09-13 03:48 |
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GoodWinds |
2011-09-13 15:31 |
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jhoyla |
2011-09-13 17:00 |
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GoodWinds |
2011-09-13 19:18 |
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Oboe Craig |
2011-09-13 22:17 |
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WoodwindOz |
2011-09-13 22:17 |
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2011-09-13 23:49 |
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