Setup tips for Crozier Cane drone reeds?

[Kwame Henderson]

I got a set of these and I'm curious if anyone can report on what it's like setting them up. Especially for stability and air-efficiency issues.

These are supposed to be great but I heard the old Ross Cane-laminate reeds need a lot of special tweaking to work reasonably.

[ncpiper]

Bump,

I have a set as well for a backup if needed. So how well do these setup?

Thanks,
Ncpiper

[Fr. Mulvaney]

I have playing a set of the cane Croziers for well over a year and fine them very stable with little maintenance issues. They are set up in my set of Naills and they take very little air to pop right into place. As far as air efficiency I have tem set up to opperate on a minimal amount of air pressure and they always sound terrific!
Still I think it may depend on the type of pipes you are playing and what your expectations are for sound. The Croziers are nice and mellow and work very, very well with a ABW chanter.
I hope this is of some help. Just follow the directions included or that can be downloaded from the website and you will have no problems.
Fr. Troy

[galbayman]

I play a set and also find them to be stable and reliable. I first set the bridle (gently!) to find the volume and tone that I wanted, then adjusted the tuning pins until my drones tuned where I wanted them.

In my experience, they take slightly more air than reeds with smaller tongues, but this can be adjusted somewhat with the bridle.

[Rojellio]

Especially for stability and air-efficiency issues.

These are supposed to be great but I heard the old Ross Cane-laminate reeds need a lot of special tweaking to work reasonably.

Efficiency {with any set-up} can depend on the sound you want. For a Fat {phat} Robust Big Booming sound.... Efficiency is not so much an issue or much of an option.

The special tweaking with old timey Ross reeds wasn't even 1/10th of the special tweaking involved with proper old tyme cane reeds. :shrug: :confused: :poke: I still do not comprehend why or how people complained about the tweaking. Especially when they first came out, and where the first commercially made synthetics at that time.

The big deal, the "nuclear option" trick that taught Ross tongues to behave and fly straight.... {my wild guess is that Croziers arent terribly different in this respect} You had to lift the tongue up, until you thought it would almost break... then let go.. it made a snap/slapping sound like a beaver tail... then it took 12 - 24 hours wait time before stabilized and was playable. But once you did that, it was smooth sailing from then on.

[Shawn Husk]

Rojellio said:

The big deal, the "nuclear option" trick that taught Ross tongues to behave and fly straight.... {my wild guess is that Croziers arent terribly different in this respect} You had to lift the tongue up, until you thought it would almost break... then let go.. it made a snap/slapping sound like a beaver tail... then it took 12 - 24 hours wait time before stabilized and was playable. But once you did that, it was smooth sailing from then on.




This is essentially what the current Crozier Cane instruction sheet says too. Give it a good lift and then wait for it to settle for about 12 hours.

Shawn