AlanB wrote:
... (Let's not even start talking about carving, JES gets all aireated).
... I gotta vent sometimes.
When it comes to reed tuning and where the notes "live", I don't think there is a hard and fast rule or code, they're more like guidelines.
The "zones" vary from stick to stick. The important thing to remember is that the reed staple is an extention of the chanter bore, you want to make certain that you use a staple whose ID isn't too large or too small, it should be as close to the diameter of the chanter throat as possible. This will ensure that the reed tuning has the best chance of being spot on.