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Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2017-08-06 18:17
It's interesting to see an old thread like this one revived.
First, the RPM 68 profiler (and its cousin, the RPM 82 for the larger single reeds) is now apparently distributed by AW (price on their website is $1,660.13). I couldn't find a URL for Uhl. Has Uhl itself been bought out, or is AW a renaming of the same company?
Second, the current descriptions of the plastic guides don't identify them as "V12" or "56 Rue lepic" models, they just have model numbers. But, apart from Dave's questioning of the ability of a small hand profiler to improve on the accuracy of a commercial CNC-based assembly line, I wonder something simpler. If you're happy with the profile of a V.12 or a 56 Rue lepic, why would you want to start with a cloned version of it made on a home machine? Why not start with the real thing, which is what players who adjust and use commercial cane reeds do normally? Even if the profiler produces perfect imitations of a V.12, what do you gain over a V.12 from Vandoren's factory? How much more useful would it be to have the ability somehow to reproduce your own set of dimensions from the beginning?
Third, the blanks for sale at AW are only classified by instrument and national "school" (German, Austria, Boehm, etc...). They are not separated by hardness. So there is still the much-discussed problem of trying to reliably produce reeds of specific dimensions using cane of completely unpredictable hardness and hoping for a consistent result. The cane AW sells is about 80 cents per blank - and not all of them will be of a hardness to produce good reeds. Are there reliable hardness gauges available that will test the cane before it has been cut? I have a Uhl gauge that I bought several years ago, but it's made to test already cut reeds by measuring tip flexibility.
Karl
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Re: Uhl Technik Reed Profiler 'RPM 68' new |
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