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| | I've noticed several of you, including Mike, refer to "breaking in a call", when discussing mouth calls. Other than practicing with it to see what you can and can't do well with it, what are you referring to? Do you focus on a certain type of call? (yelp vs cackle etc.) Also, what kind of a time frame are you referring to: something that takes minutes, hours, days? Thanks for the feedback! Joe
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| | Some mouth calls you can throw in a go to town and others require a good deal of use before the sound is right. I believe it mostly depends on thickness of latex and amount of tension on the reeds. Just use them like you normally would and the ones that need broke in will break in over time. |
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| Someone might very well disagree with me, but I've found that blowing them pretty hard for a few short bursts will stretch the reeds and loosen them up a bit. This seems to make it a little easier to do some soft calling. I'm not talking about blowing so hard that you feel like your trying to break it. I just yelp as loud as I can and do some real sharp cutts. A slight bit of loosening is all I'm looking for.
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| Pretty much what Yelpsoftly said, I have to use a call some to loosen it up a little and get the fit right with the tape. It may just be me but a newer call is a little sharper and a little raspier which I like but I like to play with it some to be sure I have the control I need.
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| | Often there is a small amount of powder used between the reeds to prevent them from sticking after manufacturing them. You'll need to moisten the reeds, usually just by keeping it in your mouth for a few minutes. As mentioned in another reply, I'll often really crank on a call to blow the reeds apart and get the moisture between them. Rinse in between your reeds after using them. |
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| | The amazing thing in my opinion is that Woodhaven's mouth calls (compared to others I used before) get better the more they are used. With a call that fits me well it normally doesn't take me very long to get it to break over and do it all. As stated above the number of reeds, thickness of reeds, and stretch on the reeds has alot to do with the amount of break-in time needed. An experienced caller usually doesn't need much time for this however.
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| | In the past the first time I take a call out of hte box I stick it in moderatly warm to hot water for a minute and them pop it in and make some calls. The warmer water will allow the reeds to flex and fit your calling pressure a little easier than trying to stretch the new material with tongue pressure alone |
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