Klarinet Archive - Posting 001023.txt from 1998/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] re:reed strength measuring
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 18:33:35 -0500

At 08:13 AM 11/26/98 -0500, you wrote:
>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

Then I guess we now know why reed strengths are so inconsistent!

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