Rémi Alliaud is the third generation to run his family's cane business. His cane isn't grown in the typical cane-growing region in France, the Var, but 200km further west in the area between Camargue and Avignon.
Alliaud cane is medium hard/hard and dense. Futhermore, oboists are often impressed by the cane's beautiful grain and its consistently high quality has made it one of the most popular choices.
Thickness gouged: 0.57 - 0.58 mm
Diameter: 10mm - 10,5mm
Hardness Medium
Center to side ratio: 20/100 mm thinner, EUR Standard
(In European reed making the sides of the cane (measured on shaped cane) are gouged c. 2/100mm thinner than the middle.
American reed making uses a different gouge with thicker sides, which are only c. 10/100mm thinner than the middle)