Reed Making

What is a good reed?

A good reed is a balance between three elements:

1. Vibrations
2. Opening
3. Resistance

Any problem you have with your reed can be defined by those three. Get the balance right, according to your own taste – and that will be a good reed.

Don’t say: “this is a bad reed” but rather define the problems: the reed doesn’t have enough vibrations (or has too many) / has too much resistance, or not enough / it’s too open (or closed)

More coming soon…

1. What do we want froma reed?

2. The principles of reed making

3. The reed structure

4. Analysis of different reed styles

5. Instruction videos

and more…