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Manually shaping the sides of a reed

Author: mjfoboe
Date: 2014-05-24 04:35

Hi,

As I stated in a previous post - the shaperform I ordered turned out to be wider than my shaper tip.

So I have been adjusting the sides of the tied reed with an fine grit emery board. (I occasionally have done this in the past to raise a pitch of a reed.)

Well, I have found that sanding the sides and playing with the curve is one more attribute to adjust - play with.

It seems that I can adjust the reed to suit my embouchure and setup.

So you have flexibility to adjust the reed from both the surface scrape as well as sanding the sides.

It's relatively easy to do. And there lots to experiment with - if you so desire.

Comments?

Mark

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