Today marks the fourth day of the Google Project. Julia and I chose to spend our time scraping and finishing up previous reeds and made a failed attempt at tying a blank. The following are some more pointers on making the blank:
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| Soaking the cane for the blank as well as an unfinished reed. I cannot stress how important it is to make sure the cane is soaked before tying a blank, and before scraping. It helps to have some sort of water container handy to periodically dip reeds/cane in. |
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| In order to tie a blank, the string must be tied securely to some sort of object (we used the band locker this time). At home, I personally use a clamp that can be easily fastened to a desk, like the one shown below. |
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| The string should be held taut at all times. It is okay to adjust the cane on the staple when tying, just make sure that it is in line with the staple and that the right overlaps the left. |
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| Pulling the string tightly on the first three wraps is extremely important. |
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As shown above, the reed did not close completely on both sides. In a case like this, you should not be discouraged and try to adjust the cane so that both sides are completely closed.
-Olivia |
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