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"Reeds: I make my own using a ReeDual for 3/4 of the shaping, knife and sandpaper for the rest. I use reed blanks from M.A.R.C.A. (France)"

Richard Faria suggested the following sources for cane:

Argendonax S.R.L.
Rio Negro 2440
Guaymallén - Mendoza, 5519 Argentina
Email: argendonax@infovia.com.ar
Tel: (+54) 261 - 4454864
Fax: (+54) 261 - 4458283
Reeds, Cane
Zonda and Gonzalez Reeds. Distributed Wordlwide By Hinotes, Inc., a sister company of Verne Q. Powell Flutes, Inc.

Foglietta
Hauptstrasse 64
Mehlbach, D-67735 Germany
Email: peter@foglietta.de
Tel: +49 (0) 6301 33061
Fax: +49 (0) 6301 794007
Cane, Reeds

Marca-Pichard et Co.
Le Pont du Berger - 83190
Ollioules, France
Tel: 04 94 63 04 84
Cane

Rene Neuranter
8 Residence du Haul Soleil - 77400
Thorigny sur Marne, France
Email: neuranter@wanadoo.fr
Tel: 33.(0).1.64.02.25.30
Fax: 33.(0).1.64.02.93.86
Cane

Prestini Reed Corp.
Nogales,AZ 85628 USA
Email: info@prestiniusa.com
Tel: (520) 287-4931
Fax: (520) 287-7049
Cane

Franco Rigotti
ETS Rigotti
Rue Henri Barbusse - BP 2 83310
Cogolin, France
Tel: 33 49 4 54 6205
Cane

Henri Selmer et Cie
(Patrick Selmer)
18 Rue de la Fontaine Au Roi - 75011
Paris, France
Tel: 33 1 49 23 87 40
Fax: 33 1 43 57 24 95
Cane, Clarinets, Mouthpieces

Vandoren sas
(Robert Van Doren)
56 Rue Lepic - 750118
Paris, France
Email: info@vandoren.fr
Tel: +33 (0)1 53 41 83 00
Fax: +33 (0)1 53 41 83 01
Cane, Accessories, Ligatures, Mouthpieces, Reeds
In Paris, the largest Sheet Music Store for clarinet and saxphone (more than 15000 different titles); ordering possible through the Web at vandoren.com. American distributors: Dansr, Inc., 2209 818 W. Evergreen Ave., Chicago, IL 60622
, 888-707-4455, Fax 773-292-1545, Website - http://www.dansr.com


Sometimes, some of the retailers that sell reed making machines also sell cane, such as Fred Weiner, Robert D. Gilbert, Albert Alphin, etc.

Books

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Bonade, Daniel
Clarinetists Compendium
Kenosha, WI: LeBlanc, 1960.

Guy, Larry
Selection, Adjustment, and Care of Single Reeds
Rivernote Press

Kirck, George T.
The ReedMate Reed Guide
GTK, P.O. Box 1217, Westbrook, Maine 04092 (207) 797-0857

Opperman, Kalmen
Handbook for making and adjusting single reeds
Chappell & Co. (N.B. - Out of print)

Stier, Charles and Mansfield, Charles
Clarinet Reeds, Definitive instruction in an elusive art
Halcyon Productions.

Stubbins, William H.
The Art of Clarinetistry
Troy, MI: Piansano Press, 1965.

Vasquez, Ronald
Reed Makers Handbook
Annapolis, MD: R.V. Publishing


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