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

[Thomas Hinkle <hinkl_th@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 24 Mar 1995, Mike Curtis wrote:

> > 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?
Just thought I'd say, that my reeds also break 25-50% out.  -Tom

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