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 Re: Reed Making Dilema
Author: GoodWinds ★2017
Date:   2012-09-20 23:22

I'm with Mark: Give your reeds time to settle in before adjusting them too much or too soon. I'm an 'incrementalist' reed maker so this happens automatically.

Secondly, remember that amid all the specific and detailed advice on how to adjust your reed until it works 'just so', remember that reed vibration is a matter of ratio -- the thickness here and the thin-ness there all combine to resonate TOGETHER to make sound and response. We sometimes forget this in an effort to 'zoom in' and identify which part of the reed isn't working.

This way of thinking usually backfires for me and results in the 'loop of frustration' that Mark described earlier: adjust HERE, re-adjust THERE, then repeat ad infinitum...

I'm working now to build a solid reed from the out-set, with a goal that once I'm happy with response I'll have to make MINIMAL adjustments if any. For years I've made a reed "playable" but am seeing lately that starting carefully and slowly (with LOTS of playing attempts between each and every step) might yield a better (and longer-lasting) product in the long run.

Courage, tenacity, patience and SUCCESS to you.

GoodWinds
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