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 Re: RDG Gougers
Author: RobinDesHautbois 
Date:   2011-04-02 01:03

Thanks for the compliments: I put the stuff up there on my blog in the hopes that it will be useful and/or encouraging to others..... the fact that so many people are reading it is really encouraging to me. (Up to now: 4425 visits from 54 countries --- according to Blogger statistics).

My yield is very high because I tend to keep most of my cane now. It used to be lower (kept under 30%) because I would use only hard cane (smooth when rolling it on my thumb). But this past year, using my adaptive "Euro-scrape" method, I have been able to get very good practice reeds with cane that used to be very bad.... practice reeds, not performance.
=> very low yield is normal and expected, even from the best of producers, though some people have returned bad shipments.

My only real criteria are:
1. flatness: curling inward won't stay on the gouger.
2. age: (very) old is better.... always!
Colour is NOT a good indication, but my favourite is often dark, almost orange (inside) with some brown patches (on the bark). Sometimes, there will be black spots in the cane that gets gouged away.

I discard cane that makes dust when you break it: much too dry.... no "life" left. So far, "green" cane can only be identified when scraping.... I have tried to let it age and even sun-dry it: nothing seems to help.

So now, my yield is closer to 80%, just because I don't care as much about diameter and stuff. The thinner cane with the right shape and my scraping technique suffice for me.

THEN AGAIN: I am not up to your performing standards! Maybe as I get my strength back over a year or two, I will become less permissive with my reeds and more selective with my cane.

Robin Tropper
M.A.Sc., B.Mus., B.Ed.
http://RobinDesHautbois.blogspot.ca/music

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