Author: claire70
Date: 2008-09-24 19:59
I've been having some reed making lessons. Although I've been happily scraping bought reeds for years, I've now discovered that my scraping technique is rubbish, so I'm trying to relearn. Apparently I was using too much right-hand wrist, and therefore digging in, and not getting my left-hand thumb onto the blade enough.
However, after half an hour of hacking / mangling, I'm still confused. There seem to be two options. Should my left thumb be resting on the very top of the blade, or positioned behind the blade, with not very much thumb sticking over? The former seems to be easier ergonomically, but it also seems to make it easier to dig in - but maybe that's just my incompetence.
I think it comes down to whether I'm using my right wrist to move the blade along, or my left thumb. I was doing the former but my teacher wants me to do the latter.
I also don't seem to be able to get the reed in a comfortable position in my left hand any more. I just feel all fingers and thumbs!
Oh, and while we're here, I'm doing a splendid job of hacking the corners off my tips :-( I guess I probably shouldn't make them so thin, at least at first...
Post Edited (2008-09-24 20:40)
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