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Now, I build baroque flute traverse, oboe or hautboy and early classical flute traverse and oboe or hautboy. The site YANAGITA tokinori - woodwind maker is opened.
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Explanation of design oboe reed
The good reed by yourself give you a better performance
It is difficult to design the cut of suitable reed by yourself in the instrument which own uses.
What kind of condition do sizes of each parts of a reed change by ?
If you want to do a better performance, You must get a good reed by yourself.
On this page,
I explain conditions to decide a theory about adjustment of a reed and sizes of each part on a reed.
The writer studied these using Rigoutat symphonie.
Design the reed
Do not obey the opinion of decision by majority, Judge it by yourself, and Design a reed
- Length of a side
- You design shorter length of a side, Extend them by a 1mm unit while confirming the following phenomenon.
If length of a side is shorter than appropriate length,the next phenomenon is caused.
- Tones have very clear outline.
- Control of a reed is difficult.
- It is hard to react with air of low pressure.
- Multiphonics of Low B, Bb are notpronounced.
- Control of multiphonics of Low B, Bb is difficult.
About full length of the reed and width of tip, choice of a tube, Please ask makers.
Makers consider all of the design.
- before : adjustment