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Re: plastic reeds

Author: vboboe
Date: 2004-12-03 02:06

Thanks for the great input so far ... are the synth oboe reed developers online at this bboard for their comments?

-- two ideas outside the box occured while reading thoughtful North'n & Shaw input -- wouldn't dipping redesigned staple tubes (made of suitable materials) in a liquid synth solution solve the problem of attachment? Or moulding the entire reed & staple as one unit? Why would cane reeds have be attached the old-fashioned way? Why would staples have to be cork-covered metal?

... second idea about developing a synth oboe reed -- perhaps free double internal filaments could be the vibration-sound source while the fibrecane "reed" (so it looks like an oboe when assembled) could be a protective casing and more like a whistle mouthpiece?

... if a single unit synth reed were made with filament ends embedded internally, this might solve the problem of differing embouchures while simulating more organic vibrational properties? Also, embedded filaments might be responsive to embouchure adjustments?

Presumably there'd be a larger market for all double reed players, not just oboes?

... and, it wouldn't be anything like playing botanical cane, but let's not forget that modern oboes evolved from shawms ... and modern oboes don't use well aged cane reeds anymore ... and will become the treasured antiques of the future ...

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