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how to make reed it myself

Author: cho
Date: 2000-08-17 04:57

hi..
last few years I tried make reed by myself(hand and reedual)
but result is no good...
I tried many way and read some books....but still confusion.
how to learn right way?...

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RE: how to make reed it myself

Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2000-08-17 13:02

I think there are some skills that require some instruction in person before you're successful (at least if you want to be able to learn the skill in less than a lifetime!). I'd put reed-making in that category, along with piano tuning, marble sculpting, using a potter's wheel, and sheet-rock mudding :^)

A lesson or two goes a long way, and then the books start becoming understandable.

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RE: how to make reed it myself

Author: Hiroshi
Date: 2000-08-18 04:52

In the Sponsor's page(ReedWizard) there is a reed measuring device called PerfectaReed. This seems good not only for making reeds but also to know precise reed dimensions reed companies adopt. For example,many commercial reeds do not seem symmetrical.

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RE: how to make reed it myself

Author: joevacc
Date: 2000-08-18 18:56

I think it was Keith Stein that said... " When you have a laundry basket full of reeds that you have made, then you will know about reeds!"

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