My First Reed

My First Reed
Originally uploaded by Rock Lobster.

Here's a picture of my first reed (the first one that actually plays anyway). I still have work to do on the bridle (like make a new one) but I wanted to post this. I wrapped the binding with more teflon tape just to make sure there were no leaks.

It crowed right away, I was so proud of the little guy. The lower octave sounds real good except that it's a little quiet - but it's in pretty good tune. Upper octave is a little tweaky. Need to figure that out but I'm hoping it's the bridle. The high G and high F# is sharp and a bit unstable. I'll let you know.

Thanks for all your help Paddy.