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Re: Reed tip shape vs mouthpiece tip

Author: fskelley
Date: 2014-05-29 09:41

Update...

After over 2 months of fiddling with reed tip shape, I concluded that it was doing more harm than good. Specifically, since I never got a precise cutter match for the 2RV tip, I was eyeballing every reed differently. Some of them did look pretty nice, but I was nervous every time I needed to trim- the operation was very fussy. And I always lost a lot of reed tip with that first trim on a new reed.

So with my latest batches of new reeds (Gonzalez GD and FOF) I decided to leave all the tips untouched as long as possible, and when a trim proves needed, to return to my original cheapo standard Bb clarinet reed trimmer. This matches the original shape of my reeds pretty nicely- and trims cleanly. So my reeds, as before, are not a perfect match for my 2RV tip- but today I no longer think that matters very much. Tomorrow I might tell you something different.

And I did get a 5RV- and it looked just like my 2RV- tip and all. Played like it too. So the 5RV is on the auction block- no reason to keep both.

Stan in Orlando

EWI 4000S with modifications

Post Edited (2014-05-29 21:22)

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