Materials that you will need: A Bass saxophone reed or Bass Clarinet reed soft grade. A tenor Sax reed is also acceptable for tenor and baritone drone reeds but it will need a little more working on if making Bass drone reeds. A Stanley knife blade, or similar. A hammer. A reed body. Thread. Fine […]

The following guidelines apply generally to tuning all kinds of drone reeds. a) The shorter the tongue the higher the pitch. b) The thinner the tongue the higher the pitch. c) The longer the tongue the lower the pitch. d) The thicker the tongue the lower the pitch. e) The pitch can be lowered by […]