Klarinet Archive - Posting 000424.txt from 2009/01

From: Martin Marks <martymarks@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Reed Wizzard
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:44:19 -0500


On Saturday, January 31, 2009, at 06:22PM, "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net> wrote:
>The interesting thing, if you look at the track that the Wizard's cutter
>makes on the reed, is that it doesn't actually spend very much time along
>the rails - gets there up near the corners ("ears"). My experience is that a
>reed is very often more responsive after running Reed Wizard over it, but
>you need to have started with a reed that was already playable. It doesn't
>do what tools like Reed Du-al, ATG or even plain rush, sandpaper or a reed
>knife can do (if used well) in terms of controlling the taper from the heart
>toward the sides of the reed.

Reed Dual, ATG or knife won't make bad cane play either. Reed Dual cuts reeds from blanks. It's not used to finish commercial
reeds. The Reed Wizard does automatically what a knife, rush or sandpaper does. For people who are not adept with these tools,
like me, the Wizard is a great tool.
martinm

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