Author: cjwright
Date: 2007-05-13 02:47
D-oboe's answer is often the case, but another two things that cause a high pitched chirp are
1. The integration from tip to heart is too extreme, therefore you might need to blend right before the integration line into the tip, particularly focusing on the sides.
2. Sometimes there is an imbalance in the tip, or even the center of the tip. You can wet the reed very very well, and take a plaque (that still looks somewhat blue) and see how the tip falls onto the plaque. Do some parts look darker while other parts still seem lighter and thicker? try to balance each side, from left to right, and from blade to blade. Obviously scraping very VERY lightly to balance a reed requires extreme knife technique, so make sure your knife is very sharp. This is very tricky (and obviously the reedmaker didn't have enough technique or it wouldn't end up this way!) so go very slowly and carefully, constantly analyzing the left side versus the right side, and one blade to the other.
questions you would ask yourself:
a. Do the integration lines begin at exactly the same spot?
b. Does the blending behind the integration line begin at the same spot?
c. Is the angle of the integration line approximately a 30-degree angle?
Finally, as we've often talked about the advantages and disadvantages of cutting one blade slightly shorter than the other, I would stick my plaque in the reed, and using a very sharp new razor blade, cut of a HAIR of the tip on one side, and see if that helps. (Use the shorter blade on your lower lip.) If it doesn't seem that much different, you might need to cut off a second HAIR (depending on how thick your hairs are I suppose).
Hope these suggestions help.
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Post Edited (2007-05-13 02:48)
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