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Re: How to make a synthetic reed harder?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2016-04-13 18:10

You can carefully sand the tip down to make the reed a fraction of a millimetre shorter - I did this on my bari sax reed which did the trick.

Sand it with the reed perpendicular to the abrasive paper (or board) and make sure you maintain the curve of the tip. Use another reed to check you've got the curve of the tip right.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

Post Edited (2016-04-13 21:36)

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