Klarinet Archive - Posting 001045.txt from 2000/06

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] V12
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 23:09:40 -0400

On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, George Kidder wrote:

> As I see it (and as I said before): Reed cane has a gradient of
> density from the hardest just under the "bark" to a much lower density
> adjacent to the hole in the middle of the cane (where the density is
> that of air!). That, as Bill said, is the way it grew. The reed is
> cut as a flat section from the curved cane, and therefore has its
> highest density under the "bark" (the uncut section) and a lower
> density at the tip, since some material has been removed from the
> "bark" side.

This is only part of the story. Even taking the above into consideration,
if you have many reeds, all cut precisely the same way, same thickness,
same everything, it still is not only possible but also likely that every
reed in the batch will be different, due to the characteristics of the
cane.

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu

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