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I am sick of bad reeds..

Author: HautboisJJ
Date: 2009-03-27 16:42

Can i whine for the sake of whining?

Hardness of cane determines the gouge. To do so one has to buy a very expensive hardness tester. Me = Poor.

Gouging machines has to have the knifes replaced almost once or even twice a year depending on how much cane you gouge. (I am lucky to have an Udo Heng rotary blade system) Still, it's expensive. Again, me = poor.

Life without a profiling machine is like hell. I have to practise, i cannot just sit there scraping away. Soon, summer comes and i wont be able to afford to make bad reeds. No profiling machine = No consistent supply of reeds = poor.

Reeds....what are we without you?

Howard

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