Klarinet Archive - Posting 000303.txt from 2006/02

From: "Bruce M" <bmcgar@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] ATG
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:08:25 -0500


Forget buying the special paper. Try one of these:

- Get yourself a small sanding block from a hardware store that will let you
put sandpaper around the "long edge" of the block, round the bottom edges of
the block so that they will ride over the reed and not catch on it, and use
standard sandpaper sheets.

- Use one of the foam sanding blocks, usually available in the paint section
of the hardware store.

The foam blocks will be easier to find than a regular block that let's you
fold the paper around the long edge of the block, by the way.

Both of these blocks are a good deal larger than Tom's, but they work the
same way and just as well.

I've used the same foam block for two years now with no problem. Run it
under water, and it's clean.

Cheers.

Bruce

>From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net>
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: "Klarinet" <klarinet@-----.org>
>Subject: [kl] ATG Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:15:18 -0500
>
>Quick question for anyone who is using Tom Ridenour's ATG reed adjusting
>tool. A problem I've had since I bought it is that the edges of the
>abrasive
>papers won't stay stuck to the sides of the block. I've been cutting my own
>papers from larger sheets and have tried several different kinds of
>double-sided tape and even rubber cement. I don't think I want to use
>anything as strong as contact cement to hold it down because of the
>difficulty I think it would cause when I want to mount new sandpaper on the
>block. Buying replacement abrasives from Ridenour (or the manufacturer, at
>any rate) doesn't seem like a good solution because I had the same problem
>with the papers that originally came with the kit.
>
>Is anyone else having this problem? Anyone have a solution?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Karl
>
>
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