Re: Tuning question

[Pat Missin <pat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Keith Freeman wrote:
>
>When tuning a reed up in pitch a semitone or more, how far along the reed, from
>the tip, should I go? I've tried experimenting with removing material
>(a) from just the first few cm (the part where a pad is sometimes found) and
>(b) from the tip to the middle of the reed
>but did not come up with any conclusive results that one was more effective than
>the other.

I think you just answered your own question!

It's a long time since I have consciously considered this, but just
looking at some reeds I have retuned, I see that I mostly confine my
sharpening activities to the last quarter of the reed, or just to the
weighted pad of the lowest reeds.

 -- Pat.