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Philly Style for EH Reeds?

Author: Bobo
Date: 2007-07-28 15:18

I just made my first two English Horn Reeds...Basically, I followed the instructions in the Weber/Capps manual/video. Their advice is to use the same basic Philly structure as for oboe reeds, but with the narrow waist of the hourglass closer to the base of the reed (thread/wire) and with less exaggerated transitions to the heart and less thinning of the tip, in other words a much more uniform scrape but still Philly style. At the same time, I bought 4 reeds from 2 makers...one of them i would say makes a V-shaped tip and the rest of the reed is scraped uniformly but still fairly opaque to the back light, but with a slightly visible spine...but no heart to speak of. The other is the same but it looks like some attempt is made to scrape barely discernible windows into the otherwise uniform back in the same place you would normally find windows on an oboe reed. I've concluded that EH reeds are MUCH more forgiving than oboe reeds..you can get a decent sound just by thinning the back and putting a tip on the thing, not nearly as much futzing...beyond that I'm sure there are many nuances.

But my question is....is there really such a thing as a Philly style EH reed with deep windows and a protruding heart? And what do the really good EH players do?

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