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 Re: beginner reed maker in despair!
Author: jhoyla 
Date:   2008-08-01 07:57

A small length of drinking straw is very helpful! I just wrap the top half of the folded cane in saran-wrap/cling-film to get the same effect. It creates a tight vee of cane that grips the tube and tends to centre itself.

An advance on the same technique can be seen with the invention here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpBJL3w17vM

The advantage is that the contraption holds the blades all the way up, and even props them open a little. European reedmakers do not cross the blades, so this little gizmo is probably worth its weight in gold.

The website is all in French, but there is an offer there for oboe teachers to call in order to get a couple of these on 15 days' free trial, to encourage sales to their pupils. I suggest you point your teacher at the website. You can autotranslate in babelfish, which is pretty neat.

http://f.rousson.free.fr/leguideroseau/


J.
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