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Author: HautboisJJ
Date: 2010-12-29 17:01
Do these things still exist today? Last time i checked D.W.K 50 reeds cases are now going for $175 US dollars. I need a really good reed case that can hold as many as possible, for various reasons... making one myself is out of the question at the moment, again, for various reasons... Any suggestions?
Regards,
Howard
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Author: GoodWinds ★2017
Date: 2010-12-29 20:57
I know they've become "art deco" pieces, and prices are ghastly.
I found a 24-reed case, leather covered (!) 'second' through Miller Marketing; some of the latches were a little wonky but the craftsmanship is great. I use this for all my 'beginning stage' reed storage. I paid about $18 for it, don't know if they have any more but you could check...
Also have a 10-reed case, synthetic leather, from the local music store, bought it a few years ago for around $20. Probably runs $35 or higher by now.
Sometimes I'll take an Altoids or Sucrets metal box and install pieces of foam atop a pad of fabric-covered cotton; not as fancy but certainly works.
I've also seen 'kits' for making your own from the metal boxes.
Keep looking, and you'll find something. Courage -- and persistant shopping!
GoodWinds
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Author: RobinDesHautbois
Date: 2010-12-29 23:23
Yeah, I do the same thing with boxes of Fishermen's Friend! Using cardborad bases and 3/4 inch foam undercarpetting, I make 2 layers of holders of 5 reeds: a total of 10 reeds per box: better protected than any expensive case!
The foam underpadding (for carpets) holds the reeds in place: it is glued onto the cardboard backing. The foam is cut the width of the box and as as long as the binding of the reed. When the glue is dry, I cut slits (no holes) where I want to put a reed: the pressure of the foam keeps the reed in place.
To make it fancy, for the cardboard backing, I make side walls and only one end piece (wall) at the tip of the reed. I then spray-paint the cardboard to prevent water damage..... but this is getting fancy!
I'll take pictures later and post them.
Best of luck!
Robin Tropper
M.A.Sc., B.Mus., B.Ed.
http://RobinDesHautbois.blogspot.ca/music
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Author: fjozn
Date: 2010-12-30 01:13
Must it be a single huge capacity reed case? Perhaps you can try getting 2 pieces of 20-25 reeds cases? Better not to put all your reeds in one case!
I would personally only use those with a spring mandrel now, I find them to be more stable. The EM case (20 reeds) I'm using is made of wood, which is generally cheaper than leather covered, also have small ventilation holes which I think are quite useful.
I find most reed cases unsatisfactory, most of the time I have to do some adjustment/alteration to it. For the EM, all I did was to add a flat long piece of foam and it was done. Relatively cheap and good in my opinion!
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Author: GoodWinds ★2017
Date: 2010-12-30 03:29
Weber Reeds is selling the 10-reed Italian faux leather box for a decent price. But I'm with Robin: if you can't afford one, make one.
I don't care for the peg-mandrel cases myself because I want my staple to really dry well (if they're really wet I'll swab them with a pipe cleaner).
I recommend you go for 'durability' rather than fashion: reed cases tend to ride in a case or a pocket and should last a long, long time.
There is a 4-reed plastic case I use for English horn reeds; I just put them facing different directions (one reed, cane to the right, the next, cane to the left, etc). Invent, improvise, create!!
GoodWinds
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Author: fjozn
Date: 2010-12-30 12:43
The one I recommended has a "paper clip" type of mandrel so I don't think it really affects the drying.
http://www.oboe-shop.de/images/rohretui_feder_20.jpg
It fits EH reeds too, you just have to slot them in diagonally.
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Author: RobinDesHautbois
Date: 2010-12-30 14:41
Here, pictures:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marjan_tropper/sets/72157625706623442/show/
They are pretty well indestructible and the reeds do not move. They are easy to make and cheap! The metal box is cleaned with ordinary rubbing alcohol and the cardboard is painted with automotive paint in a spray can: also easy to clean with alcohol!
I put an extra band of cardboard near the bottom of the staple as a pivot to pick up the reed.
I read a lot of stuff about reeds that, please forgive my candor, does not live up to any reasonable scrutiny!
For example, controlling the humidity: cane is extremely porous and will get wet or dry up in less than a minute. You don't believe me.... try this: soak your reed and try to scrape the tip.... very difficult. Now just let it stand on your desk for 30 seconds... now try to scrape the tip again: ah, suddenly easy!
Reeds not moving in a case is another legend: they have to be terribly loose and mobile to suffer any damage at all. I have found them rather resilient and only break when my fingers don't know where they are going!
I find that the more you constrain the reeds, the more they suffer from it. Cane likes to move with time and humidity. That's why it is recommended to let your newly tied reeds dry for several weeks before scraping them. That's also why a reed that plays perfectly the 1st time you scrape it will turn out very hard the next day.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
Robin Tropper
M.A.Sc., B.Mus., B.Ed.
http://RobinDesHautbois.blogspot.ca/music
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Author: lbarton
Date: 2010-12-30 15:27
I use old cigarette cases, Sucrets boxes etc. Miller Marketing at one time had some German-made rubber strips that easily glues in and works beautifully. The stripping is a bit expensive but works so well and is so easy to use that it is well worth it. Lois Barton
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Author: Oboe Craig
Date: 2010-12-31 03:56
Howard,
No real need for 50 reed cases...
Any simple box can cary 100 - 200 blanks for road purposes.
Otherwise, at home-base, 3 rows of small nails on a piece of wood work great for holding reeds.
In my case, I glued some old 47 mm staples to wood and they hold my blanks.
(Since I use 46 mm staple now days...)
I promote the blank to a finished reed across three rows of progress, back to front.
Blank goes to the back row, then the 1st scrape reeds into the middle, and once in the final stages (last 3 days) they promote to the front row.
I maintain about 50 reeds in progress, usually with 38 oboe and 12 ehorn reeds in progress this way. And I keep a box full of immature blanks ahead of the queue.
I will admit to carrying a 10 reed oboe case, and 20 reed oboe/ehorn case in public, and usually I like 6 ehorn reeds in hand in the mix.
The bigger cases just cost too much...:)
Post Edited (2010-12-31 04:03)
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