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Author: stevesklar
Date: 2007-11-26 10:11
anyone see vandorens new website introduction. No more the building with the door. It has a really neat animation of how they grow and make reeds.
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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2007-11-26 14:55
That's really cool. I have the gonzalez mini dvd which goes through that same process. That one is just a bit scary as you see the reed maker's fingers really, really close to an uncovered spinning saw blade as they cut the reed.
The new flow packaging for individual reeds is a cool concept. I wonder just how much humidity affects the new reed though once it's cut.
Freshness to me doesn't seem like an issue. If anything I like the reed which has been sitting unplayed for a year or 3.
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Author: Chris J
Date: 2007-11-28 11:35
I don't get the individual wrap thing. If it is to stay "fresh" (humidity controlled etc) from manufacture to purchase, then they could be sealed as a box (like Vandoren 56), but when I get a box, I want to play them all to see which ones work and which don't before I need them.
How do others see the advantage? I suppose it would help if you only wanted to play test half of them.
In a world of ever increasing packaging and difficulty in waste management in light of envornmental change, I would like to see a really significant justification for this.
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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2007-11-28 11:57
They are attempting possibly to make each reed seem like it's a stick of chewing gum......
All you would need to do is to put each reed into a humidity stabilizer such as Vandoren sells and also Rico (their reed vault which holds 25 reeds in a controlled humidity level).
Vandoren's product is over $50, Rico's is about $10. The disclaimer is that I'm an artist for Rico's Reserve/Evolution reed.
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Author: Tobin
Date: 2007-11-28 12:29
Or you could build a reed humidor (as I have) that holds a hundred reeds for around $25.
I second David's thoughts, and would add this Chris J:
Between reed curing and adjustment I play (literally) every reed out of a box, exluding the occasional reed that I "adjust" out of usefulness!
If you're still (as I used to be) in the game of waiting to see which reeds play well and which won't, you're at the mercy of what comes in the box. If you learn to work the reeds, then you can play reed-worry free.
And the flow packaging is an improvement, even if it is increasing my carbon footprint.
James
Gnothi Seauton
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