Reed Maker's Lightsabers

Bassoon Reed Lightsaber

The bassoonist's Lightsaber uses a shaped polycarbonate rod to present a light source between the reed blades.

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Random Reed Check

Defects revealed in a first-day scraped sample reed

• assymetric side-to-side
• assymetric front-to-back

Possible next steps

• Correct with knife while lighted
• Mark with pencil and correct on steel mandrel
• Mark and use a thickness gauge to check profile details.
• discard if dig-ins are too deep
• Use the Light earlier in the finishing process on the next reed.