I,ve read that in the "musical tube" there should be no lips or edges that will cause negative effects on the sound .and seeing that the staple eye is the start of the musical tube. Do you do anything to reduce the lip formed by the thickness of the staple metal at the eye,
or does this lip not have any effect ??
RORY
effect of lip at staple eye ???
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effect of lip at staple eye ???
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No, this isn't by any means standard procedure. Maybe one or two reedmakers do this but even those I know of who "gouge a chamber" don't do it this way.CHasR wrote:rather, isnt it proper practice to gouge the cane (where the staple lies) to exactly the right depth so the staple interior is flush with the cane surface? yaknowwhaddimean? or am I incorrect here?
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So, gouging a little deeper in the centre of the slip up to a scored line accross the cane grain (approx right where the 'straight' part of the reed head begins) so the staple fits comfortably is an unnessecary step?
(p.s. : Im not trying to argue with you, just making certain we're both talking about the same thing...wish I had a picture!)
(p.s. : Im not trying to argue with you, just making certain we're both talking about the same thing...wish I had a picture!)
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Many reedmaking methods involve thinning the tails.
However, the goal is not to make the inside of the staple "flush" with the inside of the reed at the junction. In fact doing so will make the flat-tending second octave E worse on most concert pitch chanters.
There are many variations on the thinning of the tails/"carving a chamber" techniques; they have in common the fact that the reed slip doesn't stay a uniform thickness crescent over its entire length.
However, the goal is not to make the inside of the staple "flush" with the inside of the reed at the junction. In fact doing so will make the flat-tending second octave E worse on most concert pitch chanters.
There are many variations on the thinning of the tails/"carving a chamber" techniques; they have in common the fact that the reed slip doesn't stay a uniform thickness crescent over its entire length.
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