bronze reg reeds
- tommykleen
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bronze reg reeds
All,
I have been making bronze reg reeds lately with fairly good results. However, they are a bit brazen and wonky, and a bit too variable in pitch for my complete satisfaction. Is there a way to adjust this type of reed?
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I have been making bronze reg reeds lately with fairly good results. However, they are a bit brazen and wonky, and a bit too variable in pitch for my complete satisfaction. Is there a way to adjust this type of reed?
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I had some metal reeds on my regs at first, too, and they were pretty stable for a while. Then they went south and I don't know why. I'm back to regular cane reeds in my regs. If yours are wonky, it may be that they're too thin. Or it may be they learned the same bad habits that mine did, and have to be put down humanely.
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The blades are phosphore (sp?) bronze. The staple is copper...more narrow than most chanter/reg reed staples. I have gotten advice that the harder you burnish the blades, the harder the metal becomes. Softer blades may account for the pitch fluctuations.
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WOW! I'd love to see one. As to burnishing, the metal may become harder but it will also become work hardened(more springy) and possibly more brittle. This hardening may also want to "bounce" apart from itself at the point where the blades meet, causing air leaks or wonky tone. If you know someone who has a jewelers rolling mill, they may be able to roll bronze or fine silver down paper thin for you. This is very interesting, and if you can p.m. me plans or post a few pics, I'd really like to see it.
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...I could not find anything on Seth's site about bronze reg reeds. The info I got was from the article in The Pipers' Review by David Quinn. I also sat in with Seth at a tionol and was given a few pointers.
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This is the bass regulator reed from my Gallagher C set. I acquired the set secondhand, so I don't know if this reed was made by Seth.
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Bronze reg reeds
You might try a couple of wraps of telflon tape below the bridle, it seems to help the reeds to settle down. I have bronze reg reeds in the Gallagher D set (made by Seth) that I've been very happy with.
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Don't you mean "bass regulator reed"?Chadd wrote:This is the bass drone reed from my Gallagher C set.
David Quinn wrote about metal regulator reeds in the Pipers' Review. The advantages were said to be stability and softness of tone. Patsy Browne was said to have made reeds from razor blade steel, when he worked at the Gillette factory in Boston. Rogge and another German piper, Rolf Kunzel, have made reeds out of steel Coke cans. Nutty!
Myself, I just adapt chanter reeds that didn't happen. Maybe cut the staple a little shorter, or put some in some brass foil to shrink the staple volume. Reg and drone reeds are simple enough to keep working (I've been using the same ones for years); its these consarned chanter reeds that have to be just right to do their stuff sometimes.
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