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Re: Reed Crowing Obsessives...

Author: EaubeauHorn
Date: 2017-09-14 23:19

Chris wrote:
I only crow my reeds after soaking and immediately before playing to free them up. They make an undeterminable pitch due to all the different notes sounding at once - it's not a pretty sound, but it gets them going.

A reed that's mega tough will crow clean a high C on its own, but that won't mean it's playable once it's shoved into the socket - the overall playablility of the reed can't be determined by its crow.

Chris.

Wow....this is just so far from my concept of a good reed. I'm not criticizing. But I won't even consider trying to play on a reed that does not crow a clean high C on its own. and it's not difficult to blow either, and can be made anywhere from very easy to blow to having quite a bit of resistance. It's about stability; a well made reed is stable and is entirely predictable by the crow how it is going to play in the instrument. I do start to wonder what these differences are, whether it is short scrape vs long or what. In my experience, the overall playability can be entirely determined by how it crows. Take a look at Youtube videos by The Five Minute Reed Maker. She is just SO close to what my teacher does. I wish I lived near her because I'd haunt her studio.

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