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Author: Bryanwalker
Date: 2011-11-09 20:17
Does anyone have a ballpark number of the number of tubes of cane in a kilo? Thanks!
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Author: fjozn
Date: 2011-11-10 15:05
It depends on the length and diameter of the tubes. Some makers cut them to be very long and some just nice. I would say around 300, just slightly lesser for 11mm diameter.
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Author: Oboe Craig
Date: 2011-11-11 00:44
My satisfaction measure is not calibrated in kilos, sadly, after all the metrics we did in school, but in pounds.
A decent pound will produce 250 - 300 reed blanks for me.
For those pounds that used to show up with an odd mix of long tubes and short tubes, perhaps fewer decent pieces.
These past several years the cane tubes seem to be a much more consistent length.
The only supplier I will NEVER use again operates out of Texas, has a doctorate and the initials Dr. S. H.
NEVER AGAIN!
The worst and most twisted and useless cane I have ever suffered.
Not 1 out of 50 tubes produced a useful blank. I cannot assess the cane because it was so twisted, it was worse than useless. A waste of time and money, and wear and tear on my gouger and hands.
And that after I laid out on my order how much I hate twisted cane. He somehow got it all wrong. NEVER AGAIN.
I should probably publish pictures of that garbage he shipped to me.
Post Edited (2011-11-11 00:52)
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Author: johnt
Date: 2011-11-11 14:19
Craig,
I've found two very reliable cane purveyors: David Weber's Grimaud & Daniel Rigotti. Both come to the IDRS conferences every year. Consistent & rock solid…they as well as the cane. I get a pound of 10.5 to 11.0 & on Stevens staples (47 mm.) shaped on a David Weber 1B shaper tip & tied at 75 mm. the reeds are great.
Happy Thanksgiving to you & yours!!!
Best,
john & ginny
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Author: Oboe Craig
Date: 2011-11-11 14:45
Thanks John.
I have also had great results with Weber tube cane and RDG's top shelf stuff.
Its really been the only cane I've been able to use right away with predictably good results.
Other sources I try then store and use years later with improved results.
But it certainly took a long time to get stockpiled and the early years of reed making were difficult as a result.
I am happy for al of us the modern suppliers (some of them) are providing such good quality cane.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and Ginny!
-Craig
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