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Re: flunking reed making

Author: jhoyla
Date: 2015-10-02 00:06

Back to Jim22's original question - how to make the reed peep?

You asked for a book - which I suggested. I think that any and all of the varied resources suggested in this thread will help you including the youtube videos.

My suggestion is that you go beyond "peeping" your reed. Waste a few reeds by making them really rattle - make the reed sound like a buzz-saw and then start to clip it up to pitch, but keep it rattling freely by working the paper-thin tip evenly, all four quadrants, between each clip. As you progress you will be taking progressively less and less cane off the reed.

[KEEP YOUR KNIFE SHARP!
There are two ways to take less cane - use a blunt knife, or use a sharp knife and a feather-touch. The blunt knife will "massage" your tip slowly turning it to putty, and you will also tend to rip the tip corners. The sharp knife will be able to lift an infinitesimally thin layer of cane, without disturbing the layers underneath.]

Once you get a reed up to pitch but still sounding a bit raucous - that is a great place to be!
Put the reed away and come back to it the next day with a freshly sharpened knife, a feather touch and loads of patience, and you'll get a fine working reed.

J.

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