Author: Jim22
Date: 2015-04-15 06:32
Well, no indication yet that I am going to be a brilliant reed maker! My first reed looks more or less like a reed, but plays like a stick. 
I suppose this is not particularly unexpected. Last weekend I tied three reeds, each one more accurately than the previous one. Tonight I tried scraping the first of them. It started out slightly long, and tied maybe 1mm too far, possibly past the end of the staple. It appeared to close up on the sides, but maybe not perfectly. After scraping, it doesn't really crow, just makes a super high pitch whistle. A couple times I had the tip thin enough to just peep, which it did at about a D#. I'll work it some more over the next few days, and see my teacher next week. I think maybe the tip is too short.
Jim C.
CT, USA
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