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Re: first reed

Author: oboi
Date: 2015-08-02 12:46

If your reed is sealing well and the opening looks good, stick with the same tie-on length.

If the reed sounds pretty good in all respects but pitch, make your final reed length a bit longer. I will do most of my scraping with a fairly long tip and then when I'm finishing and testing for pitch, shorten the reed. I will also aim for a lower pitch because once I play on the reed some and it closes up (and warms up), it will go sharp. So don't clip too much until you're sure that it's settled!

Also something that will make your reed much flatter is scraping on the heart and blend. If your reed is too open or you've not got a nice transition between the heart and tip, then scrape this area. Even taking a little off should make a marked effect on pitch. If the heart and blend and tip look really good, then be careful as taking too much heart will easily destroy your reed.

Scraping on the back will lower the pitch slightly.

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