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The Spine profile style is mostly noted for having a clear, centred, projecting sound and excellent response in the upper register.
Despite being derived from the Parallel profile style, it has a fair amount of blowing resistance and behaves a bit like the Full
Taper profile style in terms of attack response. It is a very stable reed, but this limits dynamic range and flexibility of articulation
a bit. (In my opinion it is midway between the Moderate Taper and Parallel styles in this way.) Detractors might say this style has a
sound that tends to be a bit metallic. This profile style doesn't seem to work as well in the longer blade lengths (32mm and 33mm).
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