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Re: Making reeds by hand, without any fancy machines

Author: maxopf
Date: 2017-08-01 09:10

I followed the steps in this video —
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=268zi0fENMs
— except starting from pre-made blanks I got at RDG. Used razor blades for the big cuts, then a reed knife for the finer details.

It was extremely tedious and time-consuming, but I did make some pretty okay-sounding reeds. It made me really appreciate Vandoren/other reed manufacturers though (as much as I tend to get frustrated with their sometimes inconsistent reeds.)

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