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1. A bagpipe reed comprising:
a body comprising an outer wall, an open end, a closed end, and a hollow interior portion extending from the open end to the closed end, said body further comprising a tongue seating portion on an exterior side of the body, said tongue seating portion comprising a tongue seat; a bleed aperture passing through the outer wall of the body in communication with the hollow interior portion of the body; a tongue receiving depression, said tongue receiving depression located within the tongue seating portion of the body and spaced apart from the bleed aperture in the longitudinal direction; a tongue having an upper face and a lower face, said tongue seated on the tongue seating portion of the body and overlying both the tongue receiving depression and the bleed aperture; a tongue adjustor movable to apply pressure to the upper face of the tongue within a portion of the tongue overlying the tongue receiving depression; a collar receiving the tongue seating portion of the body that locates the tongue receiving depression therein, the tongue adjustor being carried by the collar; and a tongue receiving channel in the collar for receiving the tongue and inhibiting lateral movement of the tongue when said tongue is received within the tongue receiving channel, wherein pressure applied by the tongue adjustor to the upper face of the tongue forces the portion of the tongue overlying the tongue receiving depression into the tongue receiving depression, thereby biasing a portion of the tongue overlying the bleed aperture away from the edges of the bleed aperture and increasing the distance between the edges of the bleed aperture and the lower face of the tongue. |
