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Author: vboboe
Date: 2009-05-17 01:04
... ooh, doesn't that sound so tempting ... but ...
surely they'd have mulched the cane cuttings by now?
it probably wouldn't be worthwhile if the cane cuttings are only one season's growth, my understanding is that second season growth makes arundo cane much more desirable for reeds -- although soft, fibrous coarse grain first season cane is definitely on the market as they can be used as economical starter student reeds
would you want to haul away all the cuttings just to find a few sections of suitable diameter and straightness at home, what would you do with all that huge pile of leftovers?
Or, would you be able to do that on site and leave all the rubbish with them?
In that case you'd want to be there the same day they cut it down and get it as dry as possible, it wouldn't be good salvaging the cane after it's been lying around even overnight, it's damp and bio-degrading by then
after doing all that, would you have suitable facilities to cure the short pieces of tube cane at home several months, at least through summer and hot dry days of fall, before it's ready to make into reeds?
and, as other post said, you need tools, some very expensive -- splitter, gouger, shaper, etc. -- unless you know somebody with those already
on the other hand, how did they ever make oboe reeds before the expensive tools were invented? of course modern oboes are more exacting and finicky for their reed requirements than oboes of those 'good' olde days, but methinks it probably could be done by an experienced reed craftsman with some very simple hand tools
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claire70 |
2009-05-15 16:54 |
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mschmidt |
2009-05-15 17:55 |
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jhoyla |
2009-05-16 19:45 |
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ceri |
2009-05-16 20:54 |
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vboboe |
2009-05-17 01:04 |
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