Klarinet Archive - Posting 000138.txt from 2004/07

From: ormondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: Re: [kl] Morre Reeds
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 16:01:01 -0400

David=A0McClune wrote:

> for a steel blank to be made

In mass production, how is a reed made? Does "steel blank" mean a
piece of steel with a cavity machined into it, such that when cane lies
in the cavity and a diamond blade slices parallel to the steel, the
cavity's shape controls the reed's finished shape?

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