I say it every time this way. You've got to blade the PIZZ out of them.
The mylar reed has a visible bend up off of the toneboard. It is actually a crease in the mylar (but it is hard to see this with the stainless reed above it).
The stainless reed is permanently bent at probably a.......... 10 to 15 degree angle off of the toneboard?
You want to be sure and hold the reeds against the toneboard back at the base when you are doing this, or the added pressure of doing this will pop everything apart.
Go a little at a time, and test. Once you go too far, you're in trouble. The ones I go too far with, I make into a really low toned predator call.
Parker