Author: GoodWinds ★2017
Date: 2011-05-12 15:54
I'm with Mark, too, but I've "un-darkened" my reeds a bit in a few other ways:
Since I am not a Professional reed maker (and thence have nothing to lose), I will try to sweeten up a stuffy reed sometimes by thinning the upper end of the back, that is, the area JUST behind the heart. I don't make those 'windows' very deep to begin with, but I'm finding that a graduated window (where the top end is a little thinner than the bottom end) brings me my desired result: response without too much loss of pitch, and a 'warming' of the sound.
I also prefer very thin to tapered-to-non-existent rails. I like a REALLY graduated reed, that is, no abrupt 'steps' in the changes of thickness from one part of the reed to another. Don't know why, maybe this is aesthetic.
But generally, those areas that Mark lists are where my 'tone quality' adjustments are made.
GoodWinds
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