Author: Micke Isotalo ★2017
Date: 2021-03-07 20:35
Attachment: Cordier reed trimmer, upright.jpg (333k)
Attachment: Cordier reed profile, Wur 3CS mp.jpg (56k)
I didn't know there are different versions. Mine is none of those, purchased in 2015, and it just says "Cordier L'Unic" and "Brevete S.G.D.G. (whatever that latter means).
The design is robust and it functions well, but I'm not happy with the cutting profile where the "corners" are too steep to match any of my mouthpieces (the picture shows a Wurlitzer 3CS mouthpiece, but also the Vandorens and others I have are similar).
There was another thread not long ago here about "Reeds cut the Wright way", where I understood that Harold Wright had proposed a reed profile with steep corners, so maybe the Cordier trimmer is in that line. For my part I can't say what the benefit is supposed to be of such a profile. Just intuitively I would prefer a profile matching at least fairly well that of my mouthpieces.
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