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Author: sylvangale
Date: 2016-06-23 13:40
The Legere reeds are adjustable! Kinda... (Note: you could kill the reed though).
I decided that the reed was far too resistant to really be of any use and figured I would make an attempt to soften it up.
I used this diagram as a reference:
https://www.crookandstaple.com/pages/how-to-adjust-oboe-reeds#.Ulu_5J69KK3
I was going to use sand paper, but I decided I might as well give the knife a try. It does flake off plastic kind of like a reed though in very small amounts.
At first I tried scraping the gully area of the reed and found the reed to be dead. No more sound, outside or inside the oboe... dead.
Then I scrapped some more toward the base of the gullies by the u-scrape and the reed came back to life.
I scrapped the gullies more towards the tip and then scrapped the base gullies as the lowest range got a bit muted (it didn't seem to help the low range speak any better though). I decided to quit while I was ahead and at least now the reed is now not nearly as resistant as it was.
It still does not vibrate freely like I would like, but now I don't feel like I'm going to die trying to play the reed. Still have full range and haven't affected intonation much, the timber of the lowest notes is more muted now though.
♫ Stephen K.
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