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Re: German-style reed making

Author: claire70
Date: 2008-05-18 17:02

> Claire70, you say "he scrapes out a millimetre or two along the
> edge, which he says that you should be able to feel as a kind
> of ridge". Is this along the edge of the bark (i.e., across the
> back of the lay) or along the sides of the lay to the tip?

The former. You can see him doing this stage from about 4 mins to 4' 30" ish.

> Scraping the sides to the tip should free up the vibrations in
> the tip, if I understand anything at all about reedmaking.
> Scraping out along the edge of the bark at the back of the lay
> should isolate the tip vibrations, making them oscillate
> independently from the back. Maybe this is the aim?

I'd be interested to hear from a good reedmaker what difference this makes to the sound!

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