my GHP for that reason,
because the moisture control system (Ross canister) makes striking in and
stopping difficult.
Regards,
Sam Edwards
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From: Miguel Costa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 3:36 PM
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: D
: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: Drone reeds: natural verus composite
When Colin Ross refurbished my Hedworth set some years back, he replaced the
original cane reeds with metal body/cane tongue ones and, to be honest, I
have found them far more stable and (I didn't think I would li
I'm divided on this issue. I really like the sound of all-cane reeds,
and I'm a bit conservative on that matter, but I'd rather have the
reliability of plastic reeds. Metal reeds, for what I tried so far,
have this obnoxious robotic sound (I call them "Spectrum reeds",
although they could also be c
When Colin Ross refurbished my Hedworth set some years back, he replaced the
original cane reeds with metal body/cane tongue ones and, to be honest, I
have found them far more stable and (I didn't think I would like them as
they were not the "traditional" ones), I actually prefer the sound they
mak
Just make sure you don't light the reed - they burn prettily, I'm told.
Not enough is better than too much.
John
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From: Richard Shuttleworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 16 May 2006 17:23
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu; Sam Edwards
Subject: [NSP] Re: Drone reed
Hi Sam,
As you say that you are going to keep playing your existing reeds, I thought
that I would offer a comment on why they are using a lot of air. I don't
think you will be short of opinions from other people as to the relative
merits of cane vs. plasic, vs. composite, etc. :-)
When it vi
I'll probably get flamed for this too, but having tried both, I find the
composite reeds have a brighter tone, with more harmonics, and are a bit
more reliable (unless I accidentally smash them).
But if you prefer a mellow rather than a bright tone, you may like
all-cane instead.
Andy May once ma
