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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000032.txt from 2004/01

From: Guy Mallery <wa2msu@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Plastic Reeds
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 13:03:07 -0500

Howdy,

http://www.idrs.org/publications/dr/DR8.3/DR8_3Edw.html

It's nice to assume that the people doing the
injection molding know that these will spend perhaps
100 hours each in the mouth doing repetitive mechanical
motion (until the reed breaks down.)

(The content of recycled material in the plastic
also indicates suitability for a "food" type use.)

I've used a carbon fiber wheelset (with a titanium frame)
since 1994. Among cyclists, we have a number of
pejorative expressions for "Wheel suckers"...<g>

Regards,
Guy Mallery
(stockton, ca, usa)

-- D Bogan <dgbogan@-----.net> wrote:
> Keep up the research, Phil. Say, doublereeders, wasn't
> there an article in the Journal way back when about
> someone who experimented with layering airplane glue
> on a plastic reed to create thicker sections which
> could then be sanded down? It was, as I recall dimly,
> a bassoon reed. Can anyone confirm?
>
>
>
>
> >From: PhilFrei@-----.com
> >Subject: [DR-L] Plastic reeds
> A couple years ago, I tried scraping on a fibrecane
> reed, to make it more "Philadelphia style." But it
> just didn't help much. It seems possible, with a lot
> of work, to play an individual note with a decent tone
> (with a plastic reed), if you really cover the reed
> with the embouchure, but forget playing in tune or
> soft low notes, and the air resistance is all off,
> too.
> But I can't help but wonder what a plastic reed with
> "Philadelphia style" contours would be like.Phil
> Freihofner
> Oakland

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