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Author: mschmidt
Date: 2015-09-06 00:29
I find that many flat steel oboe plaques are just barely wide enough for English horn reeds, with less than 2 mm on each side excess. This has occasionally resulted in the plaque slipping sideways enough that I end up doing damage to the tip of the reed with my knife. An internet search shows a number of firms selling Rigotti convex ebony plaques. I've never used a contoured plaque. Does anybody use these and recommend them?
The other thing I was considering was getting a flat steel bassoon plaque, but I'm afraid this might be too wide, affecting the accessibility of various knife angles.
It seems like they make everything else anyone could ever wish for--why don't they make an blued steel EH plaque that's just a few mm wider than the oboe plaque? Or am I just incompetent at keeping my plaque centered?
Mike
Still an Amateur, but not really middle-aged anymore
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Author: WoodwindOz
Date: 2015-09-06 04:58
I use the cheap plastic contoured plaques from Forrests for a number of reasons - they are wide enough for cor reeds but not too wide for oboe reeds (they are also nice and long), I can buy them in red rather than black so I am less likely to lose them and they are so cheap that I buy several at a time because I lose them.
I haven't used a flat steel plaque in years, although I keep a few around just in case I want to use one just for tips. The plastic contoured plaques are only really contoured on the edges, so to work on tips, I just move the plaque to one side of the tip and I have the middle of the plaque to scrape tips on, which is more or less flat. It has been a long time since I have knicked a tip or ripped a corner off.
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Author: oboi
Date: 2015-09-06 07:49
I use a pointed flat steel oboe plaque for EH reeds, moving around the plaque as I scrape. It's fatter than the rounded flat steel oboe plaque. However, I do find it likes to plane off the edges of my cane, if I'm not careful inserting it. On occasion I use my wood contoured EH plaque, especially when trying to thin out the heart or create the blend (I find that the flat plaque I end up squashing the tip of the cane too much). However, I really don't like using it much and I find it puts too much pressure on the blades to flare out.
I even use the pointed oboe plaque for the baroque oboe, but it's really too tiny and slides often. I will use the contoured EH plaque for that moreso, but I still like the flat plaque for the majority.
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