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 Re: Clarinet reed microscopy
Author: kdk ★2017
Date:   2019-08-05 02:34

SunnyDaze wrote:


> I have been looking at very hard Vandoren 5 strength reeds and
> wondering if I could sand them down really thin to make great
> reeds.

Most reed adjustment consists of thinning areas to make them vibrate more easily and improve the response. So, empirically, to an extent thinning can compensate for a reed's natural stiffness in a specific location or zone, or for a cut that leaves some area less flexible than the player prefers.

But keep in mind that the strength grade is determined by the cane's stiffness, or so the reed manufacturers tell us, not by the dimensions of the profile, since they are graded after they exit the cutters.

I've never seen the cutting process live - only on videos from Vandoren - but Bob Bernardo certainly has (and probably others), and could probably verify the different strengths are cut to the same nominal specs. The tools I use to measure reeds suggest that all V.12s measure within certain limits regardless of strength, even though any two even of the same strength may not be the same.

As I suggested in my first response, I'm very curious about what measurable differences actually exist (if not in the cut, then in the cane's properties) between a #5 and a #3 or #4 or, for that matter, #1 of the same model reed.

Karl
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