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 Marca Reeds - Reed Making video
Author: GBK 
Date:   2009-03-26 21:39

It's in French, but the process is well photographed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_wJJAIw-zQ


...GBK

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 Re: Marca Reeds - Reed Making video
Author: timw 
Date:   2009-03-28 13:23

That is so cool! I could never quite picture how they actually made them until now.
Tim W

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 Re: Marca Reeds - Reed Making video
Author: Ralph Katz 
Date:   2009-03-28 16:53

Every reed maker has their own process, but regardless of the automation there is always an enormous amount of hand work. There was a lot of charm present - wish my French were better.

You can tell this is not in the US - those saws all have unexposed blades / no guards.

Rico is completely automated:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4_SiRMEOnQ

Reeds 'N Stuff is all manual (in German):
part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwgwVs41uHQ
part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37NzCpwYrmc
I was also fascinated by the demonstrator's anodized metal clarinet mouthpiece.

Automation at Golzales in Peru is halfway between Marca & Rico (and the background music is great):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doVHXj-RZ4U

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 Re: Marca Reeds - Reed Making video
Author: David Spiegelthal 2017
Date:   2009-03-28 18:59

Merveilleux! Although I speak "French-Canadian", the Provencal accent of Franco is different enough from what I'm used to hearing that I had some difficulty understanding him. Terrific video, though, thanks GBK.

It is remarkable how much hand labor is still involved, yet at the same time a whole bunch of specialized machinery is used. Neat!

I do like Marca reeds on bass clarinet, have used them along with Vandorens for many years.

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