Klarinet Archive - Posting 000236.txt from 2002/07

From: "Paula" <paulaverettoni@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Argentian cane
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 13:49:15 -0400

hello, i'm from argentina and i will add a little thing, the vandoren
cane(or reed¿?) is made with argentinian cane.
the same used in zonda canes.
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From: <GrabnerWG@-----.com>
Subject: [kl] Argentian cane

> Paula writes:
>
> > ok, just a few more questions. how much does it cost the reed box of
vandoren in the US or wherever you are from? (my country is very devaluated
and the price has suffered the changes of being "imported", and each reed,
if we were 1dollar= 1 peso, as before, would be 6 dollars= very expensive>>
>
> Joe Fasel recommended Gonzales reeds. I would add that Zonda, Gonzales,
and Mozart reeds are all made from Argentinian cane. (I think they're all
made by the same company.)
>
> I have found the quality of this cane to be wonderful, and at least an
equal match to what I have been seeing in the Vandorens.
>
> I know that David Niethamer uses cane from the same source, which he gets
in tubes, to make his hand made reeds.
>
> Anyway, Paula, if due to high inflation, Vandoren or other imported reeds
are too expensive, you would have some excellent choices made in your own
country.
>
> Walter Grabner
> www.clarinetxpress.com
> "Making Clarinet Reeds by Hand"
>
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