Klarinet Archive - Posting 000887.txt from 2000/10

From: "Karl Krelove" <kkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Balancing reeds
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 19:03:45 -0400

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MVinquist@-----.com]
>
> I use a dial micrometer to check my reed finishing, on which I
> can read and
> make thickness adjustments of a quarter of a thousandth
> (0.00025"), using a
> knife, a flat file and 1200 grit wet-or-dry sandpaper. When I
> was learning
> to do this, I spent hours matching my model reeds to the model,
> measuring at
> increments of maybe 3/64" across and up the reed.
>
>

Have you measured any number of Vandoren reeds out of the box before
adjusting them? Are they cut thicker on the left or is that a false
impression?

Karl Krelove

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