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Re: Reed Blanks

Author: Joseph Brenner, Jr.
Date: 2009-07-22 18:27

Dear Clariknight,

I grant you that, but I was trying to make a point! After all, arundo donax, whether from Gonzalez, Guiterrez, Sotomayor, or Louis de Var, is within a general range of density...cane is not of the density of balsa or African blackwood; it has a general range of density. A person who's about to learn reed making may not know anything about reeds beyond how to play with one, just as one who's about to learn cooking may not know anything about vegetables beyond eating them.

So, why pay even 10 cents more for some unit of blanks when you may not have ever held a reed knife, nor penetrated the bark of or cut into wood? I dare say that unless a beginner is standing under the watchful eye of the likes of Kalmen Opperman, the person will not make a playable reed in the first 5--10 tries. So, why part with more than one red cent beyond the minimum to learn how to carve on a reed blank? Again, best wishes!

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