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Re: Uhl Technik Reed Profiler 'RPM 68'

Author: David Niethamer
Date: 2011-03-19 02:13

Just one brief issue with what Brad said in his post -

A colleague made the same assertion that he made one reed from a tube to see if the tube was of good quality. So I started to test that assertion, and discovered that each tube can have good spots and bad spots. So, if you happen to try one of the bad spots, you might discard a tube that has 3-5 good reeds in it. If you have a routine for splitting the tube, shaping the blank, and then cutting the reed, it doesn't take that much longer to do all eight reeds from each tube.

I replaced my ReeDuAl with a DeLutis "Reed Machine", which gives me more consistent results. I found that sandpaper varied somewhat from sheet to sheet, with the result that a new strip of sandpaper could suddenly unintentionally result in a softer or harder reed.

All that said, I've reverted to Vandoren V12, which for my mouthpiece, is the best commercial reed (for me). I wish I had the time and patience to make reeds every month, because the ones you make yourself are much better - last longer, etc.

And Brad is right about tubes. Making your own blanks from tubes is really the only way to go - you have a lot more control over the shape of the blank and the "curing" of the back before you cut the reed.

David
niethamer@aol.com
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