Klarinet Archive - Posting 001293.txt from 2003/04

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] machines and stuff for reedmaking
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 22:57:47 -0400

on 4/30/2003 6:40 AM, Rebecca Brennan wrote:

>once day a sax buddy said his dad was making a "reed copier" which would
>copy reeds. What you are supposed to do is put a good reed on one side and=
a
>blank on the other and it is supposed to copy the reed. He said nothing mo=
re
>to me about it and I forget to ask. has anyone heard of this "reed copier"=

>that I speak of???

I had (have still, actually) a ReeDuAl which I used for years. It
"copied" a model reed by means of a sanding wheel.

For the last few years I've been using a DeLutis "The Reed machine" which
is a lot more consistent than the ReeDuAl, but slower. Also, DeLutis's
blank making tools are quite good IMO. Bil Jackson also has blank making
tools which I've used (on loan from a friend) which are good.

on 4/30/2003 3:14 AM, Georg K=FChner wrote:

>I wanted to ask if there are machines outside Germany for reed making. I u=
se
>a BKM IV and know the reedual machine, the Klopfer, the machine produced b=
y
>reedsnstuff and the Alexander Willscher machine. Is there something else o=
n
>the market?

Georg, with the exception of the ReeDuAl, all these are new to me. Can
you point me (us) to web sites or other descriptive material?

thanks!

David

David Niethamer
dnietham@-----.edu
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/

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