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Author: Klose ★2017
Date: 2017-07-01 22:10
Do you mean something like these?
http://www.reedsnstuff.com/en/Clarinet/Measuring-Testing/
kdk wrote:
> I have not found a really reliable way to measure reed
> thicknesses in enough detail to map the profile of a specific
> reed or, using a large enough sample, of a typical (average?)
> reed of a given brand or model. I have a Perfecta-reed, but I'm
> not sure it's sensitive or reliable enough. And there is the
> inconvenience of having to move the gauge in or out each time I
> want to measure along a different set of points between the
> reed's edge and its midpoint. Having to manually reset the
> distance makes measuring any number of reeds cumbersome.
>
> When I was very young, music stores had light tables we could
> use to screen reeds from open boxes to see which had
> well-shaped profiles and which had random dark areas that
> presumably wouldn't vibrate evenly. This process wasn't really
> reliably predictive, but it did cull out the worst pieces of
> cane in a box. I've seen people do this even recently by
> holding a reed up against a window. And everyone (except, from
> his videos, Tom Ridenour ) holds a balky reed up to a
> lamp to see if there's an obvious imbalance in the thickness.
>
> It seems to me that with today's digital scanning technology it
> ought to be possible to completely eliminate physical thickness
> gauges and visual guessing and profile a reed all at once by
> having a scanner above the reed and a light source below it,
> like those old light boards, but with a scanner and computer
> interface to produce reliable measurements. I find myself
> wondering if this has already been done by for reed designers
> and manufacturers but the equipment is too expensive to be
> marketed at a consumer level.
>
> Has anyone heard of anything like this?
>
> Karl
Post Edited (2017-07-01 22:19)
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kdk |
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