Author: RobinDesHautbois
Date: 2012-06-14 10:31
Cut vs. crush is absolutely correct.
But it does not eliminate preference for for specific qualities of cane. Depending on your scraping style, embouchure, physical blowing characteristics and perhaps even the individual instrument, you may prefer softer or harder cane.
I used to think soft-ish cane was simply bad untill I got a few really good reeds with short-scrape... and these reeds were made really quickly too! They were not concert-grade, but really good practice grade.
Like a skipping record, I repeat that I believe the most important factor is flat cane (lie it bark-down on the table, shine a light behind and see no rays between the table and bark) - but sharp knives are universally recognized as crucial.
Robin Tropper
M.A.Sc., B.Mus., B.Ed.
http://RobinDesHautbois.blogspot.ca/music
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