Klarinet Archive - Posting 001270.txt from 1998/10

From: "Martin Marks" <RxReed@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Reeds + Studies
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 09:54:42 -0500

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From: Shouryu Nohe <jnohe@-----.edu>
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Reeds + Studies

>On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Diane Karius, Ph.D. wrote:
>> The Vandorens are more
>> likely to need significant balancing (although I can't decide why - I
>> would think their packing would be far more likely to prevent the
>> warping etc... than the packing of the Zonda's or the Grand
>> Concerts. I must not understand the forces acting on the reeds.).
>
>The Vandorens undergo a stronger physical change - All of Rico's reeds,
>including the GCs, are made from domestic American cane. Zondas are
>Argentinian, and are relatively close. Vandorens, however, are grown in
>France, aged in France, then stuck in a cargo plane/ship and transported
>over a big wet spot to the US. The distance and climactic changes between
>those distances tend to affect the reed.
>
>
>J. Shouryu Nohe
>http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe
>Professor of SCSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
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>Does anyone know where in the U.S. "domestic American cane" is grown? I
thought Grand Concert reeds were manufactured with French cane. Also, I
don't understand how a trip to the U.S. from France of a couple of hours in
a pressurized cargo compartment over the Atlantic Ocean could adversly
affect the quality of reeds.
Could they possibly get water logged and moldy? Also I have heard from good
sources that not all Vandoren reeds are manufactured from French cane. I
could be wrong but I heard that some V12's were made from Spanish cane.
Marty Marks
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