Date Posted:12:02:07 05/30/03 Fri
>Mike, take the hose straight off as this allows full
>air flow to the reed and gives you that solid top hand.
>
>After listening to the contest last week, I don't
>think there was one single band that had a nice top
>hand.
>
>Could be a result of the setup and not tuning!
At Costa MEsa in the solo playoff round it was quite nice that the Judges took the time to discuss the issues immeadiately after playing. I really appreciated that. I found their comments fair and things were still fresh in my mind on how I had played.
I asked specifically about chanter balance and Tone. The comment I got was in general, top hands tended to be higher pitched and seem as thought they were over blown. His comment was that mine in particular was not bad and he had not noted, it but with others top hand blowing was a more serious issue. and he had noted it in his score sheet.
John, your comment tends to indicate that reducing restriction to the Chanter would give more pressure to the chanter. As such would worsen that situation. but, initial setup would compensate that, ie during setup you would adjust for the reduced restriction. This would infact give the reed more air all the time and still be in balance. Or alternatively the same pressure could be attained with less work and therefore more concentration on blowing.
