I don’t want to start a new debate but I would like to bring something to everyone’s attention.
Florida Joe has asked our help in his reed project. I get the impression that the response has so far been far from overwhelming.
I have one cracked reed which was made by Kevin Thompson - the original reed that came with my chanter. I’d not thrown it away because someone told me that I could re-use the staple and because I had some vague notions of trying to copy the dimentions. It’s been 4 years now and it’s still decorating the inside of my pipe case. It’ll probably be another 4 years before I get around to doing anything…if I ever do.
Florida Joe on the other hand is doing something which could potentially benefit us all - catelogging the reeds of the various makers. What’s more, he’s already doing lots to benefit us all - moderating this forum.
Monitoring this forum might, you may think, be a thankless job, but you’d be wrong. We can say thanks to Florida Joe by sending him on our old reeds.
I’m going to do just that and I encourage you all to consider doing the same.
And by the way, thanks Florida Joe, for all the work you do monitoring this forum.