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for tube cane

Author: reed
Date: 2002-12-24 05:01

Hi~

I,m looking for best tube cane.....(for make reed)
which one is best?
I did tried arentina tube cane...but is too soft...
Did you have any idea?

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RE: for tube cane

Author: Mitch K.
Date: 2002-12-24 14:58

Prestini Tube Cane is available from International Musical Suppliers, www.intlmusicalsuppliers.com

Clarinet Tube Cane is also available from RDG, Inc. in Hollywood, www.rdgwoodwinds.com. You may need to call them and ask where the cane is grown.

You can buy Glotin and Rigotti Tube Cane from Weiner Music, www.weinermusic.com

You can buy Australian tube cane at, www.reedsaus.com.au/canefo.htm

I have even cut cane off the banks of the American River in Sacramento, CA. It's still aging, so I can't tell you how good it is yet. However, an oboist friend of mine uses that cane exclusively.

Best of luck,
Mitch King

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RE: for tube cane

Author: tom piercy
Date: 2002-12-25 12:18

I have tried Prestini tube cane over the last several years and have never found it to be good - it is usually green, too light, and very often bent and warped. I end up having students use it for practice cutting. I have yet to be able to use it for playing purposes.

The Australian cane I have tried has been OK - certainly not the best as requested from the original poster.

Glotin and Rigotti has been better and occasionally a few tubes have been very good.

I would recommend the following tube cane as among the best at the moment:
Foglietta
http://www.foglietta.com/

Neuranter
http://www.neuranter.com/

Argendonax -- Gonzalez
http://www.argendonax.com.ar/

There are others that among the "best," but the three above are reliable, consistent, easy to reach and purchase from.

Tom Piercy
thomaspiercy.com

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RE: for tube cane

Author: ron b
Date: 2002-12-25 20:35

Hello, Mitch

Do you live in the Sac'to area? I'm planning to go out Hazel Ave. way later this week to see if I can find some large enough cane before the clean up crews chop it down again(a yearly task). But, maybe with the huge budget cuts looming this year they'll leave the cane crop alone. Just wondered, when I saw your response, if you know a better area to search.
- ron b -

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RE: for tube cane

Author: Mitch K.
Date: 2002-12-26 06:00

A few months ago I saw a rather large cache of arundo on the American River at Howe Ave. It may have been Watt Ave.; I can't remember too well--this was back in August.

Have you made clarinet reeds from this cane before? What's the quality? An oboist friend/former professor makes his reeds from it and he sounds absolutely amazing.

I actually going up to Sacto later this week to cut some.

Hasta,
Mitch King

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RE: for tube cane

Author: Mitch K.
Date: 2002-12-26 06:13

Ron,

Don't count on budget cuts sparing any arundo. As it is explained to me, this grass is a poison to the California river banks. The State has spent $100,000's of dollars, if not millions, trying to get rid of this. It's been completely erased from the Stanislaus, Tuolumne, and Consumnes Rivers; and I'm don't know if there's any left on the Sacramento River either.

I guess if I see some other guy with a hacksaw on the river banks cuttin' down some sticks, it'll be safe to assume that it's you.

happy cuttin'
Mitch King

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RE: for tube cane

Author: ron b
Date: 2002-12-27 01:02

I haven't been up the Sact'o R. lately, Mitch, but there seems to be plenty of cane along the American. There's a lot of people activity along the Sac. R. to the north near town, while the Am. R.'s banks are still mostly public domain. I haven't been to the delta region, below the harbor turning basin, in years. Cane also grows wild 'inland', out Rio Linda way and over toward Roseville. I'll have to check out the Watt/Howe vicinity this weekend. Most CA cane, as for me anyway, hasn't been very suitable for clarinet reeds, not enough large diameter to get a really good sampling. I know it's fine for oboe reeds though.
I use a plain ol' utility knife because I'd likely attract the wrong kind of attention by the authorities - just imagine a lone figure wielding a machete along the rocky banks and sandy beaches frequented by anglers.
Happy searchin' and happy tootin' to you too, Mitch

))
- ron b -

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