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Author: Charles Roop
Date: 2001-10-11 23:55
I would hope that either seller or buyer could be contacted as this looks like some kind of a joke: the auction (lot) number is about 400,000 numbers below sequence. Chuck
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2001-10-13 14:48
I can't see why not. Metal should be able to be machined to have the same stiffness characteristics over the entire reed as a cane or plastic one. It would have to be considerably thinner. Other considerations, from my very limited knowledge base:
1. Metals can now be made with 'grain', (eg aircraft turbine blades for strength and dimensional stability?)
2. CNC (computer controled) machinery can possibly do what was not traditionally viable.
3. Some new metal alloys such as nickel titanium can have remarkable properties of flexing easily in one direction but not another. Used in dentistry for root canal rotary files (torsionally rigid but very flexible to go around bends). It is quite conceivable that modern alloys can make make metal reeds more possible than in the past.
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Author: Bob Arney
Date: 2001-10-14 00:20
Gordon, having said all that---would you want to play one in a "fast" passage?? (Maybe your National Health Benefits are better than ours)?
Bob A
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2001-10-14 11:15
Just because it is thin does not mean it needs to be sharp. I have very thin steel shim stock, far more flexible than a cane reed, and you wouldn't have a hope of cutting a lip or tongue with it.
It is conceivable that some of the very fancy alloys like nickel titanium would be just as thick as a cane reed.
Cane often has quite a serrated, cutting edge, on account of the grain, that can be far more cruel than a smooth metal edge.
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Author: jim lande
Date: 2001-10-15 04:03
I assume that it is some sort of bronze, like harmonica reeds. I wonder how it would change the sound of a clarinet. I am thinking how a guitar sound changes when you switch from nylon to steel strings. And how maybe there is less difference for a string bass. (Or am I wrong on that?)
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