Author: huboboe
Date: 2013-04-25 19:57
Attachment: Lickman reed .jpg (19k)
Drew, in my model of the universe, the balance of high to low frequency components in the sound is the thin, short tip (high) and the long, thicker back, (low), balanced across the slope of the blend, which establishes the proportion of each in the sound.
The more steep and abrupt the blend is, the more detached the tip is and the brighter the sound is. If the slope of the blend is too shallow, the tip does not vibrate freely.
If everything else seems right and you want more lower partials, try first lightly dusting the entire back - you are, after all, trying to free the response of the lower frequencies, which require a 'longer string' to vibrate at those frequencies.
I think 'windows' are over-used without understanding their effect - you don't free low frequencies by allowing small areas to vibrate more easily; you need to make large areas vibrate more easily.
Look at the attached pic of a Stephen Lickman reed. Notice the lack of windows and especially the blend, which is definite, but still smooth and gradual.
It sounds like you are getting a handle on the process.
Robert Hubbard
WestwindDoubleReed.com
1-888-579-6020
bob@westwinddoublereed.com
|
|
The Oboe BBoard
.jpg){kind=small}
