Klarinet Archive - Posting 000552.txt from 1995/10

From: John Baetens <jsbtens@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: V.12's
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 10:15:52 -0400

>I spoke with the importer of Vandoren reeds in Holland (the same one as the
>Leblanc importer I wrote about in earlier postings). He visited the Vandoren
>factory in Paris and spoke with Mr. Vandoren.
>He told me that Vandoren is able to measure reed strength to one tenth of their
>numbers, ie. they can measure the difference between, for example, a 3 and a
>3.1. When the boxes are filled, Vandoren deliberately places several strengths
>in one box (let's say 2.6 to 3.4 in a box of number 3)...

Maybe they should start packaging reeds in a larger number of reed strengths
rather than putting different strengths in the same box.

John Baetens