Author: vboboe
Date: 2009-01-27 18:29
<<Just wonder how long the tied cane should be left to dry before the scraping. In my case, sometimes it is only after about 20 hours and sometimes a bit over a day that my teacher does the scraping, don't know if that is long enough>> ** it might be, in your climate**
20 hrs drying time wouldn't dry out or set up my blanks here in my climate zone, i allow 3 days, but it's all relative to temperature & humidity
<<When you say debark the fold both sides from 70mm up, I presume this is done before the fold is cut open **yes** which should be done after the drying **yes, but ... ** can you pls confirm ?>>
i debark the fold right after tying, while the cane is deeply wet, and before drying that new reed blank, and i keep fold intact while drying the blank, i've found this method reduces 'aperture gape' later
** yes but...** i don't ever clip open the fold until i'm cutting a new reed and i've thinned the tip section just enough that the fold fibres begin separating by themselves ... but other reed-makers have other preferences when they like to clip the fold open, always go with what your own reed-teacher likes to do
<<Can I ask where you purchase your Glotin GSF from ? >>
Forrests in California, but that's not a specific recommendation to you, merely informing you of my personal choice, i like the middle column bulk discount options. With volatile Cdn/U$ exchange rates just now, it's always very tricky timing purchase orders to get enough supplies "closer to par" before the next tumble, and still keep my annual international purchases under the ceiling imposed by customs
With your ISP Hong Kong, think you should thoroughly explore your local suppliers, Asian and perhaps Australian sources first, more likely to be economical to you, and while you're learning how to make reeds, economy is topmost priority due to high wastage from learning errors, so student or average quality cane is appropriate choice -- ask your reed-teacher
Have read mixed reviews about Chinese supplies of reed cane, but if you do business only with double reed specialists, they're more likely to be selective of good cane quality
-- in any 10pc batch of standard glotin, there are nearly always some pieces with excess curvature one side compared to the other, or pieces the shaping is off centre, or pieces the sides are 'rippled' -- not completely flat, nonetheless with appropriate tying and cutting techniques, these can all be made successfully into OK student practice reeds, but only if one abandons the rigid notion that a reed isn't acceptable unless it's perfectly perpendicular to the tube -- although the goal is always improvement towards such perfection
<<I have noticed on a website, they sell narrow and regular shape Glotin GSF, how do I pick which shape to use ?>>
Assuming your tubes are standard, just get regular shape for now, unless your own teacher specifically recommends you only use narrow, in which case, ask for reasons why
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