Making Plastic Reeds
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- Audio is a recording that I made using the reed made in the video. Making synthetic reeds from plastic Slurpee cups. I have tried different plastics from bottles etc. but the Slurpee cup was thick enough and very soft so it vibrates well.
One thing that I didn't mention in the video was that the placement of the 5th wire (on the blade) affects the reed like a spine on the cane reeds. Placing the wire closer to the tip is good for high notes, but plays sharp; further from the tip is lower in pitch and easy response. No wire on the blade at all is a good Zarathustra reed!
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If anyone here makes plastic bassoon reeds, even if they're made from Slurpee cups, I'll buy one to give it a try. $160 for a Légère is steep.
Samantha Bollmann Amazon has plastic bassoon reeds for around $12
They are ridiculously expensive.
Anyway, with plastic you have advantage of been immune to moisture and temperature, if that really affects you.
I️ just tried this, it took a lot of trial and error but it doesn’t sound bad at all. I️ substituted the slurpee cup for a standard milk jug and it worked fine. I️ think the plastic from milk jugs are a little stiffer so it’s a bit harder to get vibration, but it still produces sound.
Kris you are amazing. Your name is always part of my lectures about all you innovative projects and I allways tell them to check you out! Bravo sounds beautiful.
Thank Leyla, that means a lot coming from you!
I created a double reed for my tenor sax this way in high school. I took it very seriously. But it was unplayable in the higher ranges
i am very interested in how you did this
I have found the predudice against plastic reeds to be unfounded. They are particularly good for beginners as they are more durable.
this is the WORST thing ive ever seen in my life i love it
Definitely gonna give this a try for contra reeds.
The cellist in me appreciates the Bach Cello Suite No. 5
Really wanna give this a try now
That's actually really impressive
Oh, my goodness; this takes me back to 1952 when i was learning how to swear @ bassoons & reed making.
Very cool. Plastic reeds are really taking off in recent years, and now we know we don't have to pay any more than a few dollars (so long we have tools).
Tristan Rush I played on a plastic Reed in the 80’s. It was my favorite reed.
The sad news is that bassoon reed making tools area EXPENSIVE af.😪
could I use this same technique to make a bagpipe reed?
legofanguyvid
Sure! Why not :-)
@Cosine yep, they're all the same type of reeds, even on oboe, just change up the dimensions for whatever is comfortable
Incredible! You make this look effortless!
And I'll give it a go myself. I suspect attaching similarly constructed reeds to the staple that fit in the zournas would work well. What a GREAT video -- thank you so much for sharing. Do reach out when you get a chance!
Nice. I had not thought that. Very inteligent. Thanks for your vídeo.
can this technique be applied to make duduk reeds? on a basic level, they are somehow geometrically similar.
There was a guy who made a duduk from copper pipe and reed from simply squashing a section of plastic tubing flat and shaping it. There is a video in here. Just search on Linsey Pollak "DIY Copper Duduk + polypipe duduk reed"
I used a folder cover plastic it made a sound but a very high and sharp sound
Is this cup a #6 recyclable plastic? I've also been making mine from Mylar.
By the looks of this . Im pretty sure that it could also work on an oboe
Thomas And Friends fan
... oh good, do it!
or bassoon
Any other reed besides an oboe reed confuses me so much. So for this reed do you just use it to blow air through? Does it work the same as an oboe reed?
薄ばか yeah, it works just like an oboe reed, blowing air through the reed itself will make noise.
@@jaxw2628 Thank you
No seria bueno usar agua del mar? Para limpiar las calles?
What kind of plastic is the cup made? I would like to try for a bagpipe reed but here we dont have that soft drink ;) Thanks
Now the question is... how do they sound :p
the music in the video was the video creator playing with the slurpee reed, so you can hear how they sound from that
Hi, very good video, can you teach me how to build my own drone reed, for my spanish bagpipe, thanks. Greetings
Estaría genial que alguien se animara a hacerlas también para dulzaina 😜
awesome, it works in a zourna?
Where would one get the shaper? I don’t want to spend $300 to make plastic reeds.
Sounds like a Contra Bassoon, I knew Fred Dutton who played contra in the LA Philharmonic... so, is the soundtrack made with bassoon or contra?
It was played on a newer instrument called the Kontraforte. It plays in the same range as contrabassoon but has a modernized design and has characteristics that are somewhat unique to itself.
Hunter Alexander Hey, thank you very much for that response and clarification. I know the contrabassoon player in the north state symphony here in California and I will ask her if she has heard of that instrument.
What music is played in the background, is it bass, its owfull and very bad
I'm sorry, but I can't believe that reed doesn't sound like crap. 😁😁 And anyway, with all the tools you already have, the cost of cane should be minimal.
Will it be good for clarinet ?
Two Greasy Italians marco a. klein you could try it. Can’t hurt anything.
Is this instrument a contra bassoon?
no its a contraforté
can you use it on contrabassoon?
Pei-wen Tan I think that's what it's being used on in the background music.
It's played on a contraforte. You could likely use the same technique for contrabassoon reeds.
Wow
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too bad 7/11 isn't real