Author: cjwright
Date: 2006-12-03 01:32
"-finish your reeds with the most length possible this will greatly improve intonation. "
Not sure what you mean by this. I can finish a reed at 72mm and it will play at 440 (with the right gouge, shape, and scrape) but it won't have great intonation, particularly in the high register.
I think what d-oboe described is a certain kind of reed style. By chance, are your hearts sloped to a point toward the back and then downslope, or do they remain rather parallel to each other? (If you look at the side of your reed, would you say the shape of a blade is constantly "angle-ing upward or downward" or does the heart kind of even out? This is a distinct difference between Philly Style vs. Cleveland/Mack style. Mack used the windows do "deaden" vibration in the back, and to control the opening. Philly is more "playing on the tip" oriented, and would be as described by D-oboe.
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