Author: DrewSorensenMusic
Date: 2013-02-14 05:07
There's a lot of good information in that post above Robert.
For me, right now, still finding my reeds, it's all grain of salt (referring to the Gomberg Reed Adjustment paper). I'm getting closer, which I'm happy for. My reeds are just a tad flat, which I've decided has everything to do with how I approach the back. This is why I have no clue how Mr Gomberg made his reeds play. His scrape to me looks like they would be 3 steps flat, but I guess it worked for him. I would never try to approach a reed like his, but it is interesting to see. I aim to make reeds that appear like John Mack's and David Weber's.
That one John Mack reed does baffle me. Did he chop at it so nobody knew what he did, or did he play that reed as such? I mean, David Weber has a Mack Reed in his book, and it's not hack-sawed. The de Lancie reed, however, is a bit dug out, and how James Caldwell got to play his reeds in tune will always baffle me.
The information you gave me the other day has helped my tip work tremendously. I feel confident in what I am capable of doing tip to heart. Now it's getting my work to play in tune. As I said before, I believe it's a matter of support from the back, so I have 5 reeds going right now, and 4 of them I've probably already messed up. They're not terrible, so I still work on them, just to see what happens. At least I can try to learn how to fix a troubled reed. I'm waiting to see how this 5th one turns out before I continue on with more reeds. I'm optimistic I've done a good job there.
That beer sounds delicious, but I think I'll have to wait for mine till tomorrow.
Drew S.
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