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    | Author: oboeblank Date:   2006-10-17 04:48
 
 I agree with cj on the crow aspect.  If you neglect the crow, you neglect the information the reed is trying to relate to us.  I have never had a reed that played up to pitch that was below a "C".
 However, I think the crow is only one part of judging the pitch.  There needs to be a relationship between the "A" and "C".
 I play the reed and get and "A", then pop the reed into my mouth and crow getting a "C", so you get this kind of straight tone moving a minor third to the crow; like an inverted donkeys bray.
 Right here is where the relationship between crowing and playing shows itself.  If the A is below pitch then the chances the C will be low are pretty good, meaning you will be flat and will have to bite.
 It's no good using just the crow as the sole determining factor for pitch: we don't play with the reed in that position.  Likewise, just playing the reed and gunning for an in-tune "A" means very little if the crow of the reed is a C# or D.
 There needs to be a relationship between the crow and the playing of the reed.
 Hope I have explained myself fully, and that some of you try it for yourselves.
 
 
 
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