Author: fskelley
Date: 2016-09-20 19:37
I recently had the need to trim several varieties of synthetic reeds- Legere (my own old stock), Bravo (a failed experiment with a net cost of $0), and Forestone (ditto with net cost $20 but I have 2 samples for future experiments).
I destroyed a cheap Chinese "that auction site" trimmer in the process, to where it would no longer even nicely cut cane. On plastic, it just kind of made an indentation.
So I found a used high quality Cordier trimmer for about $12- a bargain. And it works well on synthetics and super on cane- for now. In fact, I think it makes my cane reeds play much better than my old cheapo did- so this was a positive change all around. So it really may matter how good your trimmer is. I think I'd spring $50+ on a new good trimmer at this point- if I needed to, rather than get another cheapo.
Very hard in the clarinet business to know which items require spending $$ or $$$ rather than $, vs the other things for which it just doesn't matter. And it may vary per player. So glad that some of you can just spend whatever you want. (Even if you can- though- it may not be that great an idea.)
Stan in Orlando
EWI 4000S with modifications
Post Edited (2016-09-20 19:38)
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