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Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2020-05-18 21:58
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Hi,
I have been fooling around taking photos of the inside of reeds with my microscope. I thought I would put the photos up just in case anyone else finds them interesting.
If not, that's good too. :-)
Jen
Adult learner, Grade 3
Equipment: Yamaha Custom CX Bb, Fobes 10K CF mp,
Legere Soprano Sax American Cut #2, Vandoren Optimum German Lig.
Post Edited (2020-05-18 22:10)
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Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2020-05-18 22:02
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more photos
Adult learner, Grade 3
Equipment: Yamaha Custom CX Bb, Fobes 10K CF mp,
Legere Soprano Sax American Cut #2, Vandoren Optimum German Lig.
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Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2020-05-18 22:04
Attachment: V12 tip.jpg (595k)
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and the last few.
The photos are of a Vandoren V12 reed (strength 5) and a Rigotti Gold 2.5 light reed snapped in half to show the vascular bundles of the reed and the surrounding tissue exposed.
Adult learner, Grade 3
Equipment: Yamaha Custom CX Bb, Fobes 10K CF mp,
Legere Soprano Sax American Cut #2, Vandoren Optimum German Lig.
Post Edited (2020-05-18 22:11)
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Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2020-05-18 22:05
The thing that I take from the photos is that the vascular bundles of the stronger V12 reed seem to be much stronger themselves and have torn a much bigger hole in the tissure of the reed when I snapped it in half. I don't know if the surrounding tissue it also different.
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Author: Wildschwa
Date: 2020-05-27 14:53
That's awesome. It would be interesting to see a more extensive line up just to see how much variety you can get in a pack, but that's my academia brain talking, the rest of me is just glad you posted this for us to look at.
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Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2020-05-27 23:46
Hi Wildschwa,
That's a really interesting thought. It might be nice to take one really good reed and one that I find too hard to play and look inside to see whether there are visible differences, as a first step.
I'm glad you liked the photos. I enjoying finding out what is going on inside the reeds. I think I ought to find out how to stain them so I can see the different tissues too.
Jen
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