Author: vboboe
Date: 2007-01-06 22:10
... Jay Light's book shows corner clips for american cut reeds, taking off tiny triangles with reed knife, but using plaque as a template? is new idea to me
and extra work methinks, i can get slightly arched tips by using curved blade manicure scissors and/or a light manicure with an fine emery board,
definitely only as a fix for used reeds needing a renovation
... when i learned corner clip technique in yesteryear (U-scrape old school) was told it helped focus air flow into centre of aperture, the clipped edges actually close down, making the effective linear width of aperture smaller, this all bearing in mind that U-scrape is tapered evenly across whole tip (like clarinet or sax reeds), so the sides taper grain-wise from back of reed to tip, these wouldn't necessarily pinch together easily like the very thin sides (tapering across the grain to middle of reed) of the A-scrape method
However, the very thin sides of the A-scrape reed would also press together in embouchure, so the net effect is still centering the air flow in a shortened aperture opening? (this is looking edge on side to side of 2 blades, not the space between top and bottom blade)
... corner clips do take care of any overly thinned corners (:-}
... lets in a bit more air volume when playing looser embouchure on a collapsing reed getting too wet to play?
... didn't know corner clips might sharpen up a reed, good to know if new commercial reeds are too long and are often flat (but maybe tip clip has to be done first so it's not-so-flat, then maybe fine tuned with corner clips next?) but wouldn't be so helpful as a fix for older reeds already blowing sharp with age
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