Author: pliscapoivre
Date: 2011-09-03 06:08
Dear Mark,
I am also very interested in this topic, but I know next to nothing. I have worked with some gouged cane here in Germany which was visibly much thinner on the sides than what I'm used to, but I've had really good results. I talked to Dan Ross and Tong Cui (the makers of my two gouges) about the dimensions. Maybe you should call one of them up. I've also had a couple of good conversations with Udo Heng, who seems very eager to help.
Tong Cui was not enthusiastic about the double radius gouge concept when I asked him about it a few weeks ago. I love the idea of being able to adjust the dimension at will, though. He suggested just putting the cane in the bed a second and third time after the last pass, not centered, to take more off the sides. Not totally scientific, but smart! Then you can measure the sides (I would say before and after shaping) and see what the results are like. Of course, not the most precise thing in the world, but gives you an idea of what thinner sides will be like with your setup. I've been buying some gouged and shaped cane on ebay just to see what's out there, and I'm fascinated by it all, learning whence the German sound, overtones, sound of attacks, etc.
I may be crazy, but I think I've also noticed that thinner sides make a quick reed that plays right away with no fussing (e.g. Marigaux gouged and shapes cane). I love that quality, but in the end these are not the reeds with a complex, deep, yet flexible sound.
I don't know if any of this is helpful, but I noticed that you didn't have any responses yet, so...
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