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Reed Trimmers

Author: SecondTry
Date: 2020-11-02 19:18

Hi:

It seems a bit confusing to me why Vandoren has as many reeds trimers as it does cuts of reeds for the Bb/A clarinet space.

It's not that I fail to appreciate how the product offerings in this space have different tip designs and profiles--and maybe my inquiry best falls on "Vandoren's doorstep" to explain--not the playing community that makes this bboard...perhaps motivated more by money than efficacy.

It would seem to me to be a better (if not more lucrative for Vandoren; I just don't know) approach for Vandoren to make one trimmer with interchangeable blades for each of the tip contours.

As an aside, while I fully appreciate that the various cuts do affect play, including my understanding that V12 reeds are sourced from larger diameter cane, there's somewhat of a "The Emperor's Clothes" irony here for me that precision of cut and tip are rigidly adhered to on base material so prone to diversity not only between reeds, but even possibly in one reed itself.

I do suppose though that one could justify this strict adherence to uniformity of reed cut (tip and overall contour) though to best keep static what technology and innovation can, given cane variability.

In the meantime, I'm not throwing out my Cordier trimmer as my adjustments to profile are based on play, not what some thickness gauge reads: not to disparage the latter.

Is there a question here on my behalf? I don't know. : - )

Thanks.

Post Edited (2020-11-02 19:18)

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