Any ideas… Thanks
Need a little or a lot? I could send you a small amount I’ve grown here in central PA; tenor, baritone and bass for the key of D (and even A drone size).
But I’m not growing enough to supply a pipemaker, for example!
NPU offers it, but is expensive (compared to buying per kilo), somewhat slow and cumbersome to order.
Everyone recommends the Spanish growers Medir.
AlanB provided the following information on this forum:
The main source for Spanish is
SA Medir
Paratge Balitrà s/n Apartat 108
17230 Palamós (Girona)
Tel. 34 972 318 119 Fax 34 972 318 917
They supply cane to your specs., (hardness/diameter/flavour). Carriage is as expensive as buying it, so make sure it’s worth your while i.e. 3 or more kilos of cane.
How does one figure costs if everything’s in Spanish? 
Thank’s, I usually get it from E.J. Jones in Houston, or I can get it on the side of the road locally, but its always nicer to have a large bundle of pre-cut commercially sold stock…
I found it easier when buying in bulk (kilograms) to order direct from Medir: http://www.medir.org/
If you do a search on Medir on this forum you will see how many times this has been asked, but you will also get other’s opinions and other sources as well.
djm
I took a share in an order of drone cane from Medir a few months ago. I think it came to a total of about £45 - 50 inc postage. Wotz that in dollahs? (1 kilo, and that’s quite a lot of little sticks). You can order over the phone. Carlos has fine english. His replies are usually pretty swift to any queries by email too.
Unlike chanter cane, you can’t be so specific about what you want (you can try of course). In the order I/we received, there was little cane under 4mm diam, and a fair bit of stuff around the 9mm mark (which I don’t care for, as it seems a little heavy on the meat). The rest balanced out pretty evenly. Generally aok for most peoples day to day needs IMUO.
I was gonna suggest Van Fleet, but he beat me to it. 
I have samples of drone reed cane he sent to me and it is nice cane. I haven’t made a reed out of it yet, but I think I will do so in the next week or two.
http://www.proboe.com/
OOPS I entered too many times…
Do they have cane for drones? I didn’t think so… at least I didn’t see it listed.
Yea, It’s listed on the website…
It is listed, but there are no details for sizes nor for ordering it… yet.
Nick Whitmer refered me to this site… 
for drone cane 
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Hi Tex, below is my reply to the “Tenor Drone stability question”.
Hi Nano, you live in an ideal spot to get hold of Phragmites australis reeds, which will provide diameters for all your Drones. You can even make an ecological contribution to the North American biome by harvesting the non-native varieties.
http://www.wiscwetlands.org/phragmites.htm
From now on is the best time to harvest (your looking for the stems to have turned from green to brown). For your tenor drone you want reed internal diameter slightly smaller than the first section bore (external bore of reed close fit about right). The wall thickness is important as if too thin the sides may collapse. The wall thickness of these reeds is greatest in the lowest sections. Here in the UK small thin reeds (for Tenors) tend to grow in drier locations around ponds and lakes, the thicker ones in standing water.
Collect by cutting as low as possible and remove the top half and seed head (if its got one). Dry the reeds indoor for a week or so and cut into sections.
Cut the reed about sections about 1/4’’ below the node (this makes the blocked end). The sections are usually about 6’’ long, giving you plenty to play with.
You’ll get plenty to experiment with so be bold. This is a great way to learn about Drone reeds.
Good luck
John S
my UP teacher - alan burton gets some of his cane from california (i think).