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Re: Aged Cane

Author: mjfoboe
Date: 2009-10-25 12:15

Hello,

It may be a real trade off - between less aged cane with more vibrancy and more seasoned cane with a more mellow tone.

I guess it depends on your objective sound requirements.

Up close the more vibrant reed may sound a little raucous with many overtones - however, I think in the audience the sound is experienced differently. While the aged cane may have a more round tone -I wonder how it projects and how it is received by the audience?

This raises an interesting question - when making reeds do we aim for what sounds good to us in close proximity or do we try to imagine the sound in the audience - even if the sound up close doesn't quite fit to our conception?

Mark

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