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Author: Bucky Badger
Date: 2003-05-11 01:42
You cannot just pick cane. Do you have all the tools to work the raw cane.
The cane must be dry and be about 10-1/2 to 11mm in diameter.
You have to split the can with a splitting tool. Then
You need a pre-gouger and a guillotine machine and a Gouging machine, a scraper and micrometer
and finally a set of shapers.
After you have used the above tools you are finally ready to fold the cane and use the normal tools oboe players have i.e. knife, staple holder,thread etc. used in the binding process to make the finished reed.
I find few players have all of the above tools--- I did spot a set of tools on ebay for sale once.
When I lived in Texas, my french oboe instructor had the entire set and we made reeds from cane picked along the Trinity River in Fort Worth. The cane was not the best, rather green looking---growing season was different than in France. The finished reed was only good for 1 week of playing before it became unusable.
jim buchholz
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Clarence |
2003-05-10 02:49 |
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Re: Selecting and Cutting Raw Cane new |
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Bucky Badger |
2003-05-11 01:42 |
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Bucky Badger |
2003-05-12 13:20 |
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Clarence |
2003-05-11 03:23 |
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Clarence |
2003-05-13 00:50 |
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