笙簧用材一般是响铜、旧锣,厚度范围为1.3-0.5毫米。将选好的料剪成3.5～4.0毫米宽的长条,放在炉火内烧红(注意不要烧化)。等将要冒白烟时用钳子速取出放入清水内,再用锤子(一定要放平)冷打平整(不要锤裂),以提高铜料的密度和弹性。这样做出来的簧片,发音灵敏。将锤平后的响铜裁成簧片坯,在400号水砂纸上磨平,接下去就可以开缝了。开缝时把簧坯放在托板上,用左手把住 Sheng spring material is generally ring copper, the old gongs, the thickness of the range of 1.3-0.5 mm. The selected material cut into 3.5 ~ 4.0 mm wide strip, placed in the fire red (note not to burn). When you are going to take white smoke with pliers speed out into the water, and then use a hammer (flat) cold fight (do not hammer cracking), in order to improve the density and flexibility of copper material. The reed made this way, pronounced. The hammer after the flat copper reed blanks blanket, polished in water on the 400 sandpaper, then you can open the slit. Open the spring blank on the pallet, with the left hand to live