Today I made a billion reeds. Unfortunately they were all for reed returns which are coming back or have come back to me. It’s very depressing work, but it is motivation to pay extra attention.
The problem with reed returns is that you really don’t always really know what to do in order to correct the problem. For example, an order from Georgia just said they were too small and shrinking even further. So the best I can do is to adjust the gouge to thicker sides and hope that the extra “beef” will solve the problem. And what if it doesn’t? Then I have some big decisions to make. Hopefully it won’t come to that.
My reedmaking is becoming automatic. This means that Since I’ve made over 30 reeds in the past three days, I’m starting to get my “groove” back after not making reeds consistently for several weeks after the move and then again after getting sick. Finally I’m starting to feel more automatic and put myself on “autopilot”. Thank God!
