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Re: Reed Flexibility

Author: Oboe Craig
Date: 2014-01-24 02:23

I play a much shorter tip than I did back in the red-faced, too much back pressure and biting required early years.

I find the advice in David Weber's Reed Making manual suits my reeds very well in getting more responsiveness. Thin the extreme tip very thin. And dust' a little cane off the blend area into the heart, left center and right. It is almost not possible to exaggerate how little the amount off cane removed is needed to be useful here.

For finishing a reed, so little is removed it does not usually flatten the reed. But if it does, trim almost nothing off the extreme tip and thin it again.

Wet silicone paper is good if you struggle tearing the tips with a knife, but for some reason, results tend to improve with the knife technique.

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