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Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2010-10-19 19:32
Hi Mark --
Interesting topic. I've actually been thinking about writing up a little treatise on my experience with this, primarily for people like me who buy and adjust reeds, rather than make them.
Basic rules of thumb: taking cane off the heart and back lowers the pitch overall, and may make the reed less-resistant. Clipping the tip raises the pitch overall, and makes the reed more-resistant.
Taking off cane in the windows makes the low notes speak more easily (but can also lead to instability). Taking off cane at the top of the heart area can make the reed more vibrant (too much can make the tone thin).
Taking off cane along the sides of the tip (the "ears") makes the reed more responsive overall, and can "darken" the tone. Taking off cane along the top of the tip (don't scrape the center of the tip!) makes the high notes speak more easily.
Taking off cane just above the blend makes the tip vibrate more. You have to be really, really careful with this one, because it is very easy to take off too much. Just take a tiny, tiny bit.
These are the "fixes" that I use most of the time. If I had to do much more than these, I would find a different reedmaker!
Susan
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mjfoboe |
2010-10-19 12:27 |
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ohsuzan |
2010-10-19 19:32 |
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mjfoboe |
2010-10-19 20:00 |
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RobinDesHautbois |
2010-10-21 22:48 |
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