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 Re: Clarinet reed microscopy
Author: kdk ★2017
Date:   2019-07-22 05:31

Are the 5 and the 1.5 the same brand and the same model? That the #5 is actually thicker would put the lie to what at least some reed manufacturers claim, that the reeds are all cut from the same blanks (same thickness) and are sorted into strengths after they are cut. The difference is supposed to be the hardness or amount of flexibility of the cane itself. But you'd need to be comparing a V12 #1.5 to a V12 #5 or the equivalent in other brands.

Even so, there is, I've found, a fair amount or variability in the thickness even of reeds of the same strength and model. Measuring at the end of the bark where the vamp begins, V.12s ("thick blanks") can be anywhere from 3.05 mm or 3.1 mm all the way up to 3.6 mm or even 3.7 mm. Vandoren Traditionals ("Blue box/Thin blanks") are always less than 3 mm at the same point, some as thin as 2.5 mm. So it would be very likely that any two reeds, even if you were comparing two V.12s of different strengths, would not be the same thickness.

Karl
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