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Author: huboboe
Date: 2016-03-16 04:42
If you look at the slope of the blend down the centerline of the reed in profile - as though you had split the blade down the center with a razor blade and looked at it edge on - the slope looks like a ski jump, dropping rapidly from the heart and smoothing out to horizontal as it approaches the tip.
It's important that the transition be smooth with no abrupt 'cliff' and that it extend well toward the tip in the center. The slope of the blend is what transfers the vibrations from the easily vibrated thin tip to the thicker, more rigid back. Too thin too soon and that connection is broken and the tip vibrated by itself. Conversely, too long a slope and the rigidity of the thicker heart stifles the tip and the reed will not respond easily. At which point the beginner's mistake is to thin the heart to get the reed to vibrate.
Learning to get the blend right is the hardest part of reed making and varies with the cane you are using. Patience and a sharp knife are necessary...
Robert Hubbard
WestwindDoubleReed.com
1-888-579-6020
bob@westwinddoublereed.com
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