Author: JohnW
Date: 2014-04-16 07:57
I have somewhat limited experience, but have had them crack both ways.
If the crack doesn't progress very far, I just finish tying and so far have not had a crack progress out past the end of the staple. I'm sure my time will come, I've only made about 40 reeds, cor and oboe together.
I tied two new oboe reeds last night, one cracked and one didn't, both tapered on the small ends, same batch of cane, soaked in the same bowl for about two hours at room temperature.
I have a suspicion that the source of the crack is some kind of structural defect in the cane, like a soft spot between an adjacent pair of hard fibers.
In engineering this sort of defect is called a notch or stress riser. It's what allows a crack to initiate. From that standpoint, tapering would better since that should reduce the bending stress at the edge of the cane.
JohnW
amateur adult beginner, oboe and cor
www.OboeHobo.com
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