Klarinet Archive - Posting 000752.txt from 1997/03

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: end of reed
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 08:41:15 -0500

The holes in the butt of the reed are for strength testing. A machine
measures the density of the cane by the pressure that it takes to make the
holes. I kid you not.

At 07:13 PM 3/21/97 -0500, Peter Stoll wrote:
>Does anyone know for certain what those 4 holes in the end of every
>Vandoren reed (the butt end) are? I've heard they're from the machine
>grip as they're made.
>P
>
>
David C. Blumberg
Principal Clarinet Riverside Symphonia
reedman@-----.com

   
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