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 Re: Reed brands and models
Author: fskelley 
Date:   2014-04-14 16:45

The whole thing seems silly to me, especially if the quarter-strength ratings are arrived at the same old way (density measurements).

I understand that density correlates with stiffness, but only approximately- perhaps as well as men's shoe size correlates with height. So it would be silly to group men by shoe size if what you needed was height grouping. The tighter the grouping you needed , probably the poorer would be the correlation. Would be a lousy way to find basketball players.

In fact, the backwards measuring method might work against you in both cases. Perhaps the very best tall basketball players are the ones with proportionally smaller feet. Then your group of big shoe guys would not catch them. Likewise it is possible the best playing #2's are the ones that have a density more like a #3 but are more flexible for some reason. And these always end up in a box of #3's and get thrown out as too soft by the players who like #3. Or the reverse- perhaps the best #3's would have a density more like #2's but are stiffer for some other reason, and they always end up in a box of #2's and get rejected by those players.

These days with modern computer controls and engineering, I'm quite sure the reed stiffnesses could be measured (perhaps even by a puff of air and a laser scan of the deflection!) without hurting any in the slightest. Then again, the reeds might end up having to cost $15 each. I doubt the reed manufacturers are rolling in the dough. And it's not like if they make better ones that more reeds will be bought. Quite the contrary- if reed ratings and consistency got remarkably better, we'd all buy fewer. Oy vey.

Stan in Orlando

EWI 4000S with modifications

Post Edited (2014-04-14 16:53)
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