Re: dirt build-up on the reeds...

[Mike Curtis <wd6ehr@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> At the "hinge", the demand is that the reed have a certain
> strength and springiness; copper oxidation may increase weight there also,
> but maybe it also disrupts the crystalline structure of the metal and thereby
> weakens it.  At the tip, that has no effect.  At the hinge, it flattens the 
> pitch.
> 

I've noticed that the reeds I break most (8 draw and thereabouts) 
actually break a little ways out (like maybe 25%) from the riveted end.  
Does everyone else find that, too?

Thanks for the metal salts research, John.  Interesting stuff!


 -- mike