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Re: reed adjustments

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2016-05-26 17:33

Whatever you use, the goal is the same. You're trying to compensate for too stiff a reed by thinning it or you're trying to correct an imbalance in stiffness between the two sides of a reed. To do this, you try to either correct or improve the taper of the reed from center to side rails and from the tip back into the heart.

With sandpaper, rush or a knife you try to remove wood moving toward the tip - a little at a time - to make the reed vibrate more easily while maintaining the smoothness of the taper along each side and evening out any sudden changes in thickness. With Ridenour's ATG system (that tucker mentions), you're trying to do the same thing with a sanding block, but starting at the tip and stroking back toward the bark.

The keys are to work gently, take small amounts of cane off at a time and don't create places where the thickness changes abruptly.

Is your question more about techniques with the various tools, or is it more where to remove cane to improve the reed's performance?

Karl

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