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Author: Ryder
Date: 2008-04-30 01:38
Lets assume I buy reed blanks that only need to be profiled and trimmed. What are the essentials I need to finish the reed. I already have a reed clipper.
Oh...I should mention that I don't have the budget for a reed profiling machine, as much as I'd like... :(
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Author: Joseph Brenner, Jr.
Date: 2008-04-30 03:08
The essentials are: a keen eye, good lighting, a reed knife for single reeds, a flat surface (like a table), and some form of instruction. A reed knife for single reeds is bevelled on one side, not both. I bought mine from T. G. Fackelman, 116 North Vine Street in Elkhart, Indiana 46514. I hope that this gentleman is alive and well. The form of instruction I have is Kalmen Opperman's book, called "Handbook for Making and Adjusting Single Reeds, published by Chapell & Co, Inc. RKO Building--Rockefeller Center, New York NY. I wouldn't be surprised if Chappell & Co is no more. The price my father paid for my book was $1.50! I'm sure that Ken Shaw or GBK or John Moses can supplement what I've set out and revise what's not relevant.
Best of luck to you. You'll learn a lot, ruin many blanks, and wonder, from time, why you ever undertook the project.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2008-04-30 03:20
Joseph Brenner, Jr. wrote:
> The form of instruction I have is
> Kalmen Opperman's book, called "Handbook for Making and
> Adjusting Single Reeds, published by Chapell & Co, Inc. RKO
> Building--Rockefeller Center, New York NY. I wouldn't be
> surprised if Chappell & Co is no more. The price my father
> paid for my book was $1.50!
The Opperman book is now published by M. Baron Company, Inc.
It is available from numerous sources, including Van Cott Music:
http://www.vcisinc.com/clarinet.htm Item # C066
...GBK
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