A friend has asked me to adjust a spruce chanter reed. I have a spruce reg reed but it has never needed adjustment. I presume that the same rules apply as with cane reeds.
My intention is to inspect the reed, check for leaks, cracks, (add wax and hemp if necessary). The only adjustment I am envisaging is to the bridle, to open or close it, and maybe to the seating of the reed, nothing else.
Any particular "do's and don't's" which apply to spruce reeds that I should be aware of?
Adjusting spruce reeds?
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Re: Adjusting spruce reeds?
One thing I’ve found is that spruce reeds seem to suffer the influence of (internal) gunk more than cane. I air-blew an entire dog’s worth of fur, dander, skin cells, etc out of my spruce reg reeds...with spectacular results.
Tommykleen
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