Author: WoodwindOz
Date: 2014-01-22 09:39
Craig, I am actually using the peg board system, made up a pallette with nails I coated in heat shrink tubing. It was full of blanks the other day (about 30) as was my case (30). I made 6 reeds on a recent amateur orchestra camp and they are all terrible. Life really got in the way in the second half of last year, and I just couldn't get into any routine. I would love to change this...
Mark, I can answer a few questions. I still get a crow on all of these reeds, and they blow fine before putting them in the oboe. There is nothing before play testing that gives them away as terrible reeds. Low note attack is non-existent, which is strange given the crow is pretty strong. There is no chance of playing long phrases with them. I'm too scared to play high notes given how they sound in the middle register. :0 They sound like they might have a leak, but I have never had leaking issues before, I have wired them and I have attempted to teflon tape any potential leak spots, to no avail. Clipping the tip does help a little, but not enough to be able to play them in public.
It is not a gouge or shape issue. I buy my cane gouged and shaped, and all of this cane has come from at least two different batches, some of which I have already made amazing (as in, my best ever) reeds out of. Aside from climate (which I think I have eliminated seeing as this has crossed several seasons) I am pretty sure it's me.
Admittedly I did alter my scraping routine a little to make my reedmaking more efficient. Maybe I am spending too much time in one area and not enough in another, making unbalanced reeds. I am going to go back to basics over the next couple of days and stop trying to be fancy.
I'm just gonna curl up in a corner and tie a hundred blanks. At least I can do that. :S
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