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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000063.txt from 2007/02

From: "Edward B. Flowers" <flowerse@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Wooden Plaques - was: Scraping with nicks
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 11:05:53 -0500

Michael,

The problem with the plastic pick is that it's too flexible. You need
the non-flexing ebony plaque to keep the reed from flexing while you
work on it. If the reed flexes, it has an increased probability of cracking.

Edward B. Flowers (ob)
New York City

Michael Benthin wrote:
> I use an ebonite tapered plaque for reed work up to the final tip
> thinning; then I switch to a guitar pick (thinnest sold) as this
> allows for better (even) thinning when the tip is flat as opposed to
> trying to scrape on a curve, where one can risk thinning it too much
> in any one area. For cheapskates, one can make these from the flat
> breadbag sealers.
>
> Keith Sklower wrote:
>> I'ld like to mention an alternative to wooden plaques, as demonstrated
>> to me by Roger Wiemeyer, now English Hornist with the Nashville syphony.
>>
>> He used to get $.50 plastic guitar picks, which he cut up into a
>> couple or 3
>> oboe-plaque-size pieces with a pair of garden shears, and then sanded
>> down
>> the edges.
>>
>
>

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