Author: HautboisJJ
Date: 2012-01-22 12:11
To improve on that flatness that you are experiencing, trim the tip VERY slightly, less than 0.5mm, and then play, this does 3 things:
1. opening becomes that slightly more open.
2. increased resistance.
3. higher pitch.
If this proves to increase the resistance too much, start reducing all over the scrape without extending the the length of the scrape. 11.5 is way too long and 3mm for a tip is certainly also too long, at least for short scrape reeds in general. This way of scraping would theoretically work with a thicker gouge (60 or more). Whatever works really! And yes, play at the very tip!
Howard
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