This is the exact process I have been using for decades. If you belong to SOTW you can go over there and look at my posts about this topic. Dating back to when I joined. Follow this approach and you won’t ever have to worry about reeds again.
View: https://youtu.be/XuJJC9zKWyQ?si=6NgQ1bPwx-_gBSDf
The only difference between his process and mine is I wet the reed first before flattening the back. And oh yeah, I take the reed off to work on it with sandpaper, though I admit I’ve done it on the mouthpiece as he does, with the reed geek.
The only difference between his process and mine is I wet the reed first before flattening the back. And oh yeah, I take the reed off to work on it with sandpaper, though I admit I’ve done it on the mouthpiece as he does, with the reed geek.
