Author: Chris J
Date: 2010-06-10 05:54
Robin
Thanks for all that info. It is fascinating coming from single reeds, where the mouthpiece and reed combination will tune the instrument by being moved.
I have now spent more time with the German instrument and the reeds I have for the early Cabart.
Just as an experiment I cut a reed down by 3mm from the bottom and as you say, had very little impact on the tuning of the instrument. The burble was reduced, but some notes were thin.
If there is a leak in a sax, then a motorboat burble can happen, but that does not come from the reed as such when playing.
With this German instrument, the burble is felt right at the reed tip and a slight loosening off of lip pressure can stop it, but too loose for good articulation.
In fact, of the 8 working reeds I have, 2 seem much better than the others at their standard length.
I have some German reeds with W scrape on order, and see if they make matters better.
Chris
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