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Author: bcl1dso
Date: 2006-06-01 18:11
Where would one go to find some David Cane Gonazolez Reed tubes/Blanks. Also which is better for making your own reeds, the tubes or blanks. Thanks
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Author: crnichols
Date: 2006-06-01 18:30
If you're going to go to the trouble of making your own reeds, start from the tube. This way you can control the thickness of the blank and cure the blanks for as long as you like. I like them rather thick, which I find helps with warpage. Also the initial investment in the saw, planer and profiler with utility knife are eventually offset by the much lower cost of the tube cane. For example, Xilema sells cane for about 42 Euro a KG (which is roughly 2.2 lbs). From 1 lb, I can make about 60 reeds, roughly 32 euro cents a reed. If you were to buy blanks from them they are twice that cost, 60 or 65 cents a blank depending on which blank you buy. The cost of the tools to make the tubes is about 25 dollars for a miter box and saw, 70 for the profiler, 15 for a utility knife, 190 for the planer(these are Dilutis' products which is what I use). You can also buy a tube cane splitter for between 70-110 dollars or just use a hammer and chisel. Either way gets the job done, the latter is less expensive obviously, especially if you have those tools lying around anyways. In a few years you make back the money that you spent on the initial investment, and you only have to buy them once, they are quite durable. Also, this way you aren't limited to trying cane from manufacturers that only sell blanks as not all producers of cane do this. Incidentally, Davie Cane is closed until June 14th, so this gives you some time to think about it.
Good Luck!
Christopher Nichols, D.M.A.
Assistant Professor of Clarinet
University of Delaware
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Author: doublej
Date: 2006-06-02 15:06
The cane and blanks are sold here : www.daviecane.com but they are currently on vacation now. I like the blanks ,they come in two thicknesses, I started with them just to see if i liked the cane. I am very pleased with the cane and purchased the tubes and am going to try them next.
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Author: woodwind650
Date: 2006-06-02 16:04
Daviecane is the best!!! i make my own bass clarinet reeds [i know i'm crazy!] from their tube cane, and they come out beautiful and consistent. my last batch of 5 reeds lasted almost 2 months!
i prefer to make reeds from tubecane. like above, i think you can control your variables much better since you'll be the one deciding how long you'll be curing your cane and determining your own thickness, etc.
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