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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000025.txt from 2003/01
From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Bassoon cane
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 15:02:09 -0500
I concur with the idea of distortion. The less distortion and stress forced
onto the cane, the freer the vibration. With that as a constant, one can
scrape and file for a good clean sound and can allow whatever damping they
wish. I prefer the wires to be quite oval, as long as the arch supports the
tenor range, and the opening at the tip is about a millimeter. It has not
been my experience to have great reeds with a very round throat. That is a
very special technique which I have yet to master.
Herb
> From: "Christian Eberle" <ceberle@-----.com>
> Reply-To: doublereed-l@-----.edu
> Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 14:28:30 -0500
> To: <doublereed-l@-----.edu>
> Subject: Re: [DR-L] Bassoon cane
>
> Most cane will warp and curl to some degree as it dries. To prevent this, I
> rubber band my cane to dowels after shaping and profiling. My logic is that
> there will be less tension in the cane fibers as the cane is forced into
> shape to become a blank. The less the cane has to be forced into shape, the
> more vibrant the reed will be. That's my theory anyway. It has proven true
> in my experience. I don't have too many throwaways any more. And it's one
> less variable to worry about.
>
> Christian R. Eberle
> Bassoonist, West Point Band
> ceberle@-----.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <ContraReed@-----.com>
> To: <doublereed-l@-----.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 2:02 PM
> Subject: [DR-L] Bassoon cane
>
>
>> The other day I started about 20 pieces of cane on their voyage to become
>> reeds. I soaked them for a few hours in boiling water to leech some gunk
>> out, then set them out to dry. Out of this group, over half started
> curling
>> up on themselves, some into nice, fairly neat semi-circles, and others
> into
>> almost drinking straw configurations. The rest kept their normal
> relatively
>> flat, gentle curve. I realize that cane being cane is going to differ
> from
>> piece to piece, and will try to remember which piece were which when the
> time
>> comes to make and finish the reeds, but I'm wondering if anyone has any
> ideas
>> of whether cane that does this will make worse reeds than the flatter
> pieces,
>> or is it just a function of the soaking and drying process. After the
> second
>> soaking, I took these pieces and fastened them to plexiglass rods/profiler
>> barrels/etc. to keep them from repeating the curling up process). FWIW,
> the
>> cane is about 12 years old, and the relative humidity in my basement is
>> usually 60 to 70%, so the drying process is a rather slow one.
>>
>> Thanx in advance,
>>
>> Richard
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