In order to reproduce as closely as possible the sound of natural cane, all of the positive qualities of the cane should be kept, while the negative ones should be excluded.In the course of further investigation it was discovered that the sound qualities of Arundo Donax originate from two characteristics: longitudinal feeding channels and the cellular structure that surrounds them. This is how nature's perfection became the principle of Fiberreed.
A material with excellent sound qualities was created through the unification of high-tech materials and artistic sensibility. Its name: Hollow Fiber Foamresin Compound (HFC). HFC replaces the feeding channels of cane with hollow fibers and the cellular structure with a foaming resin. This combination, together with a balanced relation in proportion to longitudinal to lateral stiffness, enables sound qualities which not only come close to Arundo Donax cane, but actually exceed it in many aspects, making it unlike other synthetic materials.
Harry Hartmann's Fiberreed made from HFC unites superior sound and performance qualities with twenty to thirty times the durability of a traditional cane reed. And, most importantly, every reed performs to the same high specifications. Even years from now, your new Fiberreed will perform with the exact same excellence that you experience today. And, there is no need for warming up as there is with cane reeds. With Fiberreed you will get a full response from the very first moment.