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 Re: Synthetic reeds...Would it be safer to get a softer or harder reed?
Author: Craig Matovich 
Date:   2007-01-06 03:14

Personally, I would love it if someone would concoct a decent synthetic oboe reed material, not a finished reed per se, but material so I could use it to make my reeds.

Perhaps a new solution to soak real cane in to improve some aspect of its peformance, longevity, etc. Or maybe a gouged piece I could use in my own way.

I see there are big steps being made in single reeds using synthetic materials made to closely emmulate cane fibers and pith, but don't find it available for oboe yet.

Synthetically, I suppose it could be made so consistently I might try gouged or shaped cane, but still I like the idea of at least shaping, tieing and scraping my own reeds.

They are a thing of beauty, beauty being in the eye of the beholder, and like a beloved pug dog pet, wrinkeled and crinkeled only makes them more appealing.

We can put man on the moon, robots on other planets, build bombs powerful enough to destroy the earth, but so far we cannot make a
chemical version of a piece of grass that can sing musically...

I suspect we will in time. Oil at $95 per barrel makes corn an economically viable fuel alternative. Lets see what happens when cane hits $200 per pound.



Post Edited (2007-01-06 03:26)

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