Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2017-07-21 22:26
Although I agree that the cut of a reed has a great deal to do with the "quality" of a manufactures reeds you can't make a good reed for poor cane. There's a reason in my past experiences of using the same brand, the same cut, I would find several good reeds in one box and not another. Is the cane different, I don't know, but the measurement are the same, cut the same way but differences in the cane. More dense, less dense, even grain, uneven grain etc. There was a time I made my own reeds, for about 17 years. I was most successul using a specific reed cane I was able to purchase after experimenting with several types. I used to buy blanks not tubes. I was extermely successful for many years until that can was no longer available. After a few years of fustration trying to find cane that I liked I gave up. That was also about the time Rico came out with their "professional" cuts and I really liked, still do, their "Thick Blank " reeds. Sure I like the cut of the reed but I also know how to adjust reeds to my liking from having made my own for so many years. It's the cane that made most of the difference for me. We can argue to dooms day which is more important, it doesn't matter. Bad cane produces bad reeds, good cane can produce good reeds. Just like the example of wine I used in my previous post above.
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