Hey guys I've been playing around with some cow elk calls here lately. Ordered some bite reed sets from Al and made a few of those with pretty good luck. I want to try to make an open reed call now. I also have a predator open reed tone board bought from Al, and I have noticed that it can be manipulated to sound similar to a cow elk if blown near the very end of the reed. A couple of questions. Would a smaller tone channel help increase the pitch of the call to sound that of an elk? Also, what is the best way to hold down reed? Do you cut a very small notch in the back of the tone board to slide the reed back into and use a castration band to hold it down, kinda like the predator tone board?
Thanks in advance!