Author: nellsonic
Date: 2017-12-29 22:47
dorjepismo wrote:
> Should also mention that the part of the reed that really needs
> to be flat is the part that sits on the mouthpiece table, and
> the heart of the reed is further up than that. You can arrange
> your sandpaper and hand motions so that the upper part of the
> reed isn't affected very much.
Well, now that you mention it - yes, that's quite obvious and reassuring. Reeds in my climate never warp more than very slightly, so I'm never taking off that much material, and certainly little to none above the stock.
I guess I was mostly surprised, for whatever reason, to hear that the heart of the reed was as big a consideration with the back of the reed as with the front. Having lived in Southern California my whole life, maybe it's just never been an issue as there's no need or temptation to 'carve' a severely bowed reed down to be flat.
I'm not a big believer in reed voodoo and am always looking for a return on investment taking both time and money, but mostly time into consideration. Mr. Williamson has a great sound, but that reed preparation routine sounds like it would eat up way too much of my precious practice time to be worth it to me, even if I got the same number of great reeds he does. It is interesting to note that he does sand the back of all of his reeds, so thanks for sharing that.
Karl, I was skeptical of the controlling the humidity of reeds in storage at first, but my reed life dramatically improved when I started the practice and I would never go back.
Anders
Post Edited (2017-12-30 09:08)
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