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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000010.txt from 2007/09

From: Lee Lowry <leel@-----.net>
Subj: [DR-L] Re: doublereed Digest 2 Sep 2007 09:01:01 -0000 Issue 1756
Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:41:36 -0400


> From: "Harry Searing" <hsearing@-----.net>
> Subject: Re: BASSOON: looking for clear plaque
>
> I still maintain that only with a light plaque will you clearly see
> differences between the blades of a reed.
>
> Harry Searing
>
This is exactly what I noted with my LED put up inside the reeds. You
CAN see the differences between the two sides. It worked best for me
with an old English horn reed I no longer use. One side had noticeably
more heart wood left in it than the other, and one side showed more
careful and complete finishing of the sides of the reed and the tip,
even though both sides looked about the same viewed from the outside. It
also showed that the tip was longer on one side than the other. As I
remember the reed played all right after I made it, but it failed sooner
than I thought it should have (became too resistant unexpectedly).

I also tried it on some cheap oboe reeds I got on eBay that looked
reasonably good from the outside but when lit from the inside you could
see why they played so horribly. The tip was too thick on both sides and
there were almost no "windows" in the back. They looked like the
scraping had stopped about half way through making the reed. Looking at
the deficient scrapes on both sides, I find it hard to believe whoever
made them ever tried them on an actual oboe.
Lee

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