Klarinet Archive - Posting 001020.txt from 1998/11

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] re:reed strength measuring
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 18:33:32 -0500

Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 00:41:32 -0500
From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Reed strength
At 11:02 PM 11/25/98 -0500, Mark Charette wrote:
>The marks on the butt end of a reed are from the machine that measures
>the stiffess of the reed.
>----
But are the marks the direct result of a density measurement, are they
merely residual effects of holding the reed in place while the tip is measured?

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The marks ARE the density measurement. The tip is not measured for strength.
David Blumberg
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