Author: cjwright
Date: 2010-03-03 17:13
Nope. Almost never. I know one reedmaker who wires her reeds, and she does it to keep the openings propped open, but it's not suggested.
Professional American EHornists will tell you that with the American Reeds, the wire on English Horn reeds should lightly touch the sides to create a node to help with the high register, but should not effect the opening of the reed. Carolyn Hove, the EHornist of the LA Phil says that with the right gouge and scrape, you shouldn't need the wire, and that she encourages people not to use wire simply because she's seen it put on wrong too many times.
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