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 Re: Breaking in reed - new approach?
Author: kdk 2017
Date:   2020-10-23 19:26

Ed Palanker wrote:

>What I don't understand is why when I'd often measure them with
> my reed perfector for students so many were different
> thicknesses at different points from each other. Oh well.
>

Ed, that's just manufacturing inconsistency. Even the thickness of the overall reed is different from one reed to another within the same model, but the differences aren't related to the labelled strength of the reed. I can easily find V.12s that range anywhere, measured where the bark begins at the end of the vamp, from 2.98 mm to 3.6 mm. The same relative level of inconsistency happens in the vamps themselves in my experience, using a PerfectaReed gauge. So, I agree with you that there are measurable differences in thickness that can explain some of a reed's resistance or lack of it. But those differences don't happen on purpose at the manufacturers' end. They cut everything on the same cutters and sort them for overall flexibility after.

I would expect at the very least that the blanks for all V.12s would be uniform in thickness. Same for all V21s and all Rue Lepics and each of the other styles they produce. I don't know why they can't maintain at least that much consistency.

Karl

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