That's how Richard Sleigh explained it to me.I trust I've got this right; Michael Timmler, from Hohner, on his recent visit to Melbourne, Australia, with Howard Levy, told the attendees of a workshop that it is best to keep the reed as straight as possible. He called on us to imagine a swinging door that can swing back and forth through its point of closure, and pointed out that vibration caused by a curved door closing, would be less than the more sudden closure of a straight door. <clip>