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Re: Mouthpiece/Reed problem

Author: JTJC
Date: 2020-11-19 15:11

I find that if a new reed begins to get stuffy after a bit of playing it’s usually because the part of the flat side of the reed nearest the bottom of the slot and on to the table has swollen. This slightly raises the centre of the reed from the table at this crucial point. If you hold a straightedge across the reed you’ll see it’s higher in the middle than at the edges. The cure is to flatten the reed using a reed knife/Reedgeek at that point and then sealing the reed again. This will slightly soften the reed though. Once a reed had been broken in I find this doesn’t really happen as much.

I think Mojo has said before on this BB that some players ask for the table to be tweaked (made very slightly concave a the bottom of the slot) to allow for such swelling. However, I don’t find the swelling a problem with all reeds so having that solution permanently built into the table must have some effect on response where reeds aren’t swollen at that point.

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