Author: d-oboe
Date: 2007-05-06 23:54
Hmm.
I've always been taught that the blades should be "slipped" (but only very little) as to oppose the direction of the tying. So that means, a clockwise tie (looking from above) would have the bottom blade to the right. A counterclockwise tie, to the left.
I don't say left or right handed, because it's possible to tie both directions with the same hand. (depending on if you go "over the top" or underneath).
Some people, for some reason, don't agree with this...and if they have working reeds, great. But the premise behind it, is that the tension of the string is pushing the blades against one another, from side to side, and not just sandwiching them against each other, up and down. With that in mind, the slip is there so that the blades push into each other, instead of pushing apart.
VISUALISATION:
pretend you are about to rub your hands together to warm them up. Now put the left hand slightly more forward than the right, and curve the fingers on both hands, mimmicking the curvature of cane. Now push the right fingers against the left fingers. See how the right fingers dig into the flesh of the left fingers? that's the effect of slipping. It's obvious, if you put the right hand *above* but still push it forward, then your hands fly apart.
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