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 Re: John Mack on reedmaking
Author: johnt 
Date:   2012-12-02 17:18

You can bend the cane immediately after it is split to make it flat & before it is guillotined/gouged, with one caveat: it has to be straight along each side. If it bows up in the middle (Jeremy's table top test), bend the ends GENTLY until it flattens. You have to use two hands, thumbs & forefingers to do this. If it bows up at each end, this is a better situation…"the smiley face"…the reed will actually tend to seal better in this instance. Linda Strommen (University of Indiana at Bloomington) & Jonathan Dlouhy (former principal oboist at Toronto & Atlanta) both advocate this method of making the cane do what you want it to do. To quote John Mack: "Never take 'no' from an inanimate object." I also split, twist/bend, guillotine & gouge the cane dry. It gets its first soak just before shaping. Saves time & works just as well or probably better than soaking the living c**p out of it before shaping/tying.

What works works.

Best,

john
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