Author: hautbois francais
Date: 2010-08-05 22:23
Shalita's book is ok for a basic guide to making and adjusting the reed. That is about it. All the fine tuning in the end is done by a lot of trial and error. It helps to keep good notes and by process of elimination determine what works best for you, in terms of sound, pitch, response etc.
His adjustment chapter at least guides you where to scrape, but then you ask, how much to scrape, how come the places he tells to scrape doesnt quite do what he says ? You will need a helluva lots of patience, trashing quite a bunch or reeds to get it right.
Then he has these "crow" sound files, which is great, if they work ! Till today, I couldnt get the sound files to work and he has NOT replied his e-mails to help with the issue.
Like ohsuzan has said, maybe is best to concentrate on playing unless you are willing to invest the time and the money on making reeds.
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