 The Oboe BBoard
|
Author: DrewSorensenMusic
Date: 2013-01-22 02:18
Attachment: Reed Diagram.jpg (130k)
Hello all,
I have just received a reed micrometer, and luckily I saved my favorite reed ever made for me by David Schneider (and a few others). I took some measurements, which are shown in the picture attached.
Though it is poorly diagramed, I think it gets the point across. The main point I took away from this experiment is how he shapes the blend from heart to tip. It seems there is a triangle shape created, but then the two sides toward the tip are scraped down to meet the tip and edges.
I believe he said the shape was Brannen X, I could be wrong. I have been making reeds with Joshua +2, and they are very resistant. I've tried taking cane from the channels of the heart, and that is very helpful, the pitch doesn't seem overly effected, and it does make them less resistant, but they are still too resistant for my pleasure. I have ordered some Brannen X, Ruth, and Samson +3 shaped cane to see if the added flare they have will solve this issue.
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: JRC
Date: 2013-01-23 11:32
You appear to be ready to order your own template for a profiler. Congrat!
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: DrewSorensenMusic
Date: 2013-01-23 13:31
Thanks!
I didn't even realize these machines were available until you posted. What an ingenious device.
Drew. S
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: dolce oboe
Date: 2013-03-25 02:59
out of curiosity, which micrometer did you select? thanks
Rebecca Moore Oboe
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: Oboe Craig
Date: 2013-03-25 03:22
Good stuff you post and inquire about.
I'd add to your list of variables ( the shaper, the gouge, the cane, its vintage, etc.) in that you can affect changes on purpose or by mistake altering the oral cavity, the amount of cane inserted into your embouchure and the angle at which you hold the oboe relative to your face.
I can make a wild reed tamer, a bright reed darker, a resistant reed more responsive and on it goes... the reed, the embouchure, the tongue placement on the reed or on just the wind influencing the reed are all at our disposal.
Finding more of this along the way is a part of the craft of oboe and the fun of oboe.
Seriously, I mean 40+ years into it and I am finding the things I thought my teachers said to exaggerate a point were completely, simply right on, spot on and honest in their tedious detail.
It is all part of the fun of and love of all things oboe. No detail too small to matter.
Good luck with it all.
-Craig :}
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
The Clarinet Pages
|
 |
.jpg){kind=small}
