In 2007 when I first met Andrew Frater of the COP in Carlsbad CA., and observed him doing just what you are doing I was astonished, I had always been afraid to so much as touch the reed in any way. I suggested to him to make a video to help others. His response left me confused, as it was not positive, I don't think he understood what I was asking him to do. So glad you make these reed videos, they are very important to us who don't want to sound BAD.
It looks like the sanding of the tips is along the long axis of the reed. Am I correct? I imagine that one must be careful to sand the blades so that each blade is of consistent thickness at the tips, besides the blades are also of equal thickness. I would be grateful for the information.
Hello Chris, You can sand from the tip of a reed around 1/8th down all the way across. this will flatten mostly the high A. As you said, take the same amount of cane from both blades. There's an oval area in the center of a reed just below the tips. Thin this area and the high G will become flatter.
What about static in low notes? Would this be capable of bringing down the static Also is a "crow" wanted in low notes, I find it sounds better without the static but I've been told the low g static is proper
Sounds like your reed is to weak and/or you are over blowing, this will kill your reed. You don't want this on the low hand, only on high Aand as a matter of personal preference
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In 2007 when I first met Andrew Frater of the COP in Carlsbad CA., and observed him doing just what you are doing I was astonished, I had always been afraid to so much as touch the reed in any way. I suggested to him to make a video to help others. His response left me confused, as it was not positive, I don't think he understood what I was asking him to do. So glad you make these reed videos, they are very important to us who don't want to sound BAD.
It looks like the sanding of the tips is along the long axis of the reed. Am I correct? I imagine that one must be careful to sand the blades so that each blade is of consistent thickness at the tips, besides the blades are also of equal thickness. I would be grateful for the information.
Hello Chris,
You can sand from the tip of a reed around 1/8th down all the way across. this will flatten mostly the high A.
As you said, take the same amount of cane from both blades.
There's an oval area in the center of a reed just below the tips. Thin this area and the high G will become flatter.
May I ask at what angle are you placing the reed on the sand paper. On this side of the video it looks around 10' - 15' ? Thanks, Cheers
Vanessa Keith 10-15 degrees is about right. Just try to only sand or scrape the described area.
How would you sharpen a flat note?
Hello David,
If you take a sliver of off the top of the reed, this will sharpen the high G up.
What about static in low notes? Would this be capable of bringing down the static
Also is a "crow" wanted in low notes, I find it sounds better without the static but I've been told the low g static is proper
Sounds like your reed is to weak and/or you are over blowing, this will kill your reed. You don't want this on the low hand, only on high Aand as a matter of personal preference
crow is never desirable on low notes. Some band players like the crow (static) on high A for some reason