Author: JRJINSA
Date: 2007-11-21 14:01
>>>Isn't making reeds more of a rush than dungeons & dragons? Each time is s-o-o-o nervily different !<<<
Making reeds does try one's patience, BUT, when you've successfully made a few reeds and really have gotten them to make beautiful sounds, you're just hyped to keep going...always striving to do that again or even better! You just can't give up and just have to keep learning...only problem is we're insane once we're good. Hehehehe.
>>>... i'm wondering if "a bit flat" was an understatement, especially since you also said raucus, blew too easily, and you get C with a very rounded embouchure, perhaps that means you're working hard to keep the blades open and bring the pitch up to C? = too much wood off<<<
Actually, the reed was a bit flat because it was too open. I had to squeeze the blades down a bit. I worked with the reed last night. The squeak problem is fixed now. What seemed to fix it in this instance was redoing the tip and making sure it was nice and smooth. It must have had some independent vibration. The reed is better now, plays nice lows, but doesn't play E''' and up. The reed crows a C#. I'm thinking I should work on the windows and heart (more learning towards the windows) to lower the crow. Logical?
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