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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000014.txt from 2007/09
From: Dan Duncan <danjduncan@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Re: doublereed Digest 2 Sep 2007 09:01:01 -0000 Issue 1756
Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:34:18 -0400
I hope the instructions for building this can be placed on line for
everyone who is interested. I would really like to try putting one
together.
Dan
On Sep 2, 2007, at 1:02 PM, Richard C. Ramey 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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