I saw a reed with ~3/16 inch bridal made of copper sheet with the ends cut past each other at ~ 30 degree angle / / . I thought it looked neat, so I gave it a try. The wider bridal seemed a little easier to adjust open or closed and I liked the idea of a little wider area of contact on the reed. I tried the wire bridal route, but I think they need a more delicate hand than mine. I just ended up trashing reeds.
Alan- It looks like garden starts in the background. Tomato,potato,peppers?
What’s up with this, Nick?
Bloody hell!! Good work.
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Alan
So where’d the happy face cartoon guy in the upper left go?
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He’s still there. It’s part of an art sculpture I’m making, should be in the Tate Modern within 1 month…
Alan
Kevin,
Finally I’m applying skills learned in pipemaking to make something really useful - a backscratcher. 
Nick
Details lad, it still there…to the left of the label on the bottle and left of the reed,
just a lot smaller. Blends in with the other yellow (banana in a carton?) 
You had me fooled, Alan, a total illusion, but my own AB reed is still
working like magic.
I have wire bridles on my (Rogge) reeds. I really like their adjustability. I find that when things get wonky in the wintertime here, the slightest sliding of the bridle does the trick. This does not seem to physically stress the reed as much as one might think owing to the parallel sides of the blades in this style of reed. I should note that I do not “humidify” my reeds/pipes. This sliding on an essentially pre-stressed reed may have a different effect on other, humidified reeds.
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