Doublereed Archive - Posting 000013.txt from 2007/09

From: John Towle <gtowle839@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Re: doublereed Digest 2 Sep 2007 09:01:01 -0000 Issue 1756
Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:54:15 -0400

Yes, professor, thank you. The very questions I had.
I was going to ask our mutual learned friend for DIY
idiot book instructions, but you beat me to the punch
& phrased them much better indeed than my humble
attempt ever could have.

Best,

john

--- "Richard C. Ramey" <rcramey@-----.edu> wrote:

>
> Hi, Lee,
>
> Can you give us specific instructions on how to
> construct this LED-light arrangment? You mentioned
> an LED (available at Radio Shack, probably?), a
> resistor and a 9-volt battery. How do you connect
> all of these items? Thanks...Richard
>
>
> Richard Ramey
> Professor of Bassoon
> University of Arkansas
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Lee Lowry <leel@-----.net>
> Date: Sunday, September 2, 2007 10:46 am
> Subject: [DR-L] Re: doublereed Digest 2 Sep 2007
> 09:01:01 -0000 Issue 1756
> To: doublereed@-----.org
>
> >
> > > 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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