Klarinet Archive - Posting 001057.txt from 2000/04

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Cutting Reeds
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 19:10:47 -0400

Further to this, is looseining the strands really a Good Thing??
Roger S.

On Wed, 19 Apr 2000 Lucas11235@-----.com wrote:

> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 21:32:21 EDT
> From: Lucas11235@-----.com
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Cutting Reeds
>
> In a message dated 4/17/00 1:42:27 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> agalper@-----.com writes:
>
> << Cutting reeds
>
> Dave Weber told me that his teacher in Paris, Gaston Hamelin, told him
> that whenever he clipped a reed, he should roughen the edge again with
> some sandpaper.
> My late friend, James Morton, a prominent clarinetist here in Toronto
> once told me that a bassoonist friend of his told him that after cutting
> the reed, (bassoon reed), he would run a piece of sandpaper over the
> edge of the reed. The reason, the cutting clamps the edge and the
> strands become "tight". Sanding the tip loosens up the strands.
> The question is: how do they cut the reeds at the factory?
> They have a sharp cutting machine that does a minimum of clamping.
> Vandoren does sell a new type of reed cutting gadget, that has a very
> sharp cutting edge.
> It comes with an extra cutting knife. >>
>
>
> When you speak of sanding the reed on the tip, what exactly do you mean?
> That is, which direction do you scrape the sandpaper?
>
> --Christian Engley
>
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