Author: Scandinavian
Date: 2015-03-11 22:02
Hello'
If I may, as a non American oboist, share my view on this matter?
For me there is one more aspect when tying on a red that is equally important as getting a proper seal - to create a tension that gives me the reed opening I prefer.
This I can accomplish by slipping the blades so that the thread pulls them together as jhoyla describes. If I slip then the other way I never get sufficient "height", something that is clearly visible not only at the reeds opening, but also right where the staple ends.
I use another technique, though. I intentionally put one blade inside the other, thus getting a reed where one blade is more rounded than the other. So, I already from the tying on decide which side of the reed will be the top and the bottom, and from thereon I always play the reed turned the same way. The benefits here is that I get a reed that doesn't leak, where the blade always stays where I want them and the tension and opening I prefer.
But - there are so many ways of doing reeds and as we all know: What works for one might not work for the other..
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