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 Re: John Mack on reedmaking
Author: cjwright 
Date:   2012-12-02 10:50

If your blades are "flaring apart" at the top so that they are loose, it is usually your gouge which has either too thick or two thin sides, or your cane which isn't straight enough. You would probably be able to guess if your sides are either too thick or too thin; either your openings are gigantic or your openings are smaller and the top register (above octave A) are saggy.

If neither is the case, it could be the straightness of the cane.

Try tying your blank, and then scraping some off the tip immediately and letting it dry unclipped. That usually settles the reed a bit for me. If that's not enough, scrape just the bark off the heart as well, leaving a full spine and rails. If that still doesn't settle the flared sides, then you're probably in big trouble.

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