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    Common Adjustments FOR Bassoon Reeds

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    This document provides tips for adjusting bassoon reeds through wire adjustments and scraping to address various issues: 1) Wire adjustments can reverse problems by squeezing wires in different areas, such as the tip, to address sharp or flat pitch, poor response, and unstable notes. 2) Scraping adjustments remove cane from specific areas like the tip or rails to strengthen high or low notes, improve response, and fix buzzing or unstable notes. 3) Both methods aim to solve problems by adjusting different parts of the reed through minimal tweaks that can be tested and reversed if needed.

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    Common Adjustments FOR Bassoon Reeds

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    This document provides tips for adjusting bassoon reeds through wire adjustments and scraping to address various issues: 1) Wire adjustments can reverse problems by squeezing wires in different areas, such as the tip, to address sharp or flat pitch, poor response, and unstable notes. 2) Scraping adjustments remove cane from specific areas like the tip or rails to strengthen high or low notes, improve response, and fix buzzing or unstable notes. 3) Both methods aim to solve problems by adjusting different parts of the reed through minimal tweaks that can be tested and reversed if needed.

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    This document provides tips for adjusting bassoon reeds through wire adjustments and scraping to address various issues: 1) Wire adjustments can reverse problems by squeezing wires in different areas, such as the tip, to address sharp or flat pitch, poor response, and unstable notes. 2) Scraping adjustments remove cane from specific areas like the tip or rails to strengthen high or low notes, improve response, and fix buzzing or unstable notes. 3) Both methods aim to solve problems by adjusting different parts of the reed through minimal tweaks that can be tested and reversed if needed.

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    Common Adjustments FOR Bassoon Reeds

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    Augusto Carnevale
    This document provides tips for adjusting bassoon reeds through wire adjustments and scraping to address various issues: 1) Wire adjustments can reverse problems by squeezing wires in different areas, such as the tip, to address sharp or flat pitch, poor response, and unstable notes. 2) Scraping adjustments remove cane from specific areas like the tip or rails to strengthen high or low notes, improve response, and fix buzzing or unstable notes. 3) Both methods aim to solve problems by adjusting different parts of the reed through minimal tweaks that can be tested and reversed if needed.

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    COMMON ADJUSTMENTS

    FOR

    BASSOON REEDS

    Barrick Stees
    Assistant Principal Bassoon
    The Cleveland Orchestra
    Instructor of Bassoon
    Cleveland Institute of Music
    www.steesbassoon.com
    www.steesbassoon.blogspot.com
    Wires:

    Always try to solve problems by adjusting the wires first, because any
    adjustment made can be reversed if the desired effect is not achieved!
    Below is a trouble-shooting guide for better reeds with wire adjustments.
    Assume a well-soaked reed and a pair of pliers is handy. Wires should be
    tight after soaking, but not constricting the cane. After any adjustment the
    tip should be 1mm open at its center.

    • Tip too closed:


    Squeeze first wire on sides.

    • Tip too open:


    Squeeze first wire on top and bottom.

    • Sharp pitch:
    Squeeze second wire on top and bottom and/or first wire on sides.

    • Flat pitch:
    Squeeze second wire on sides and/or first wire on top and bottom.

    • Poor response, stuffy sound:


    Squeeze second wire on top and bottom, then first wire on top and
    bottom if tip too open.

    • E in staff breaks, reed buzzy:


    Squeeze second wire on sides, first wire on sides if tip too closed.
    Or move first wire towards collar.

    • Need stronger high notes:


    Squeeze second wire on sides, then first wire on sides if tip too
    closed.

    • Stronger low notes:


    Squeeze second wire on top and bottom, then first wire on top and
    bottom if tip too open.

    • Better low note response:


    Carefully slip first wire 1mm towards second.
    Scraping Adjustments:

    • Sharp pitch:
    Remove cane from tip area starting at 1mm from tip to tip itself.
    Check crow. When crow is an E or F, stop and play on reed.

    • Flat pitch:
    Tip too long. Play on for five minutes. If pitch doesn’t rise, clip
    tip with razor blade, 1mm at a time until pitch is high enough.

    • Poor response, stuffy sound:


    Remove cane from tip as in sharp pitch instructions. May also
    need to remove cane from area just in front of collar and heart.

    • E in staff breaks, reed buzzy:


    Play on for five minutes. If E is still unstable, clip tip 1mm. If
    reed is still bright, trim rails of reed starting at tip and going as far
    back towards collar as needed.

    • Need stronger high notes:


    Remove cane from the corners of the tip. Work as far back
    towards collar as needed, but avoid the back of the blade as
    scraping there will actually weaken high notes.

    • Stronger low notes:


    Remove cane from back half of the blade.

    • Better low note response:


    Remove cane from back half of the blade. Also scrape “oboe
    windows” in the back of the blade. These are two narrow areas to
    the left and right of the center spine of the blade, but not at the rail
    edge.

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