Author: Dutchy
Date: 2007-11-29 19:56
Well, yeah, a good reed should be balanced--but in my (admittedly limited) experience, all reeds are going to tend to be either more--or less--piercing, on a spectrum of "piercing-ness". And for convenience, we term the ones that tend to be less piercing "dark" and the ones that are more piercing "bright", because it's human nature to want to categorize things.
Also, "bright" sounds nicer than "piercing", and "dark" has a nicer connotation than "not as piercing". Saying "He makes bright reeds" sounds a lot more flattering than saying "He makes piercing reeds". And saying that someone who makes reeds that are "not as piercing" sounds like you're damning with faint praise.
"What are his reeds like?"
"They're not as piercing."
" [pause]..."
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