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Re: Stronger cane makes better reed?

Author: L. Omar Henderson
Date: 2007-09-05 11:59

(Disclaimer - I am owner of Arundo Donax Musicalis)
It depends on what you define as "stronger" and "stiffer". A physical description would have to include some quantitative measurements such as resistance to an applied force or the number of coss-links between bundles or number of vascular bundles per unit mass or silica content per mass. In the past I have lobbied for some sort of functional grading of reeds dependent on vibrational qualities (perhaps someday ??).

Of course vibrational qualities or physical descriptions are only one part of reed function which also depends on a myriad of other variables such as cut, shape and balance which help determine the vibrational qualities and many intangible variables that all contribute to reed function. Longevity of reed function may have a closer correlation to physical parameters but this too is a hard solution to model.

Many times the "quality" of reed cane is cited for performance characteristics but what this means in terms of physical and measurable characteristics eludes me!
L. Omar Henderson
www.doctorsprod.com

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