Patent ID: 7534947

Claim:
An apparatus for gouging raw material to form a reed for a musical instrument, the apparatus comprising: (a) a base on which at least two bearing bodies are rigidly mounted and a bed is mounted for holding the raw material; (b) a rod having a circular cylindrical central segment and first and second circular end segments on opposite ends of the central segment, wherein the first and second end segments have a common axis that is parallel to, and radially spaced from, an axis of the central segment, and wherein the end segments are rotatably mounted in the bearing bodies with the central segment configured to rotate about the common axis of the end segments for displacing the central segment's axis relative to the bed; and (c) a carriage, having a gouging blade mounted thereto, the carriage being longitudinally slidably mounted on the central segment of the rod, wherein the central segment's axis defines a path of travel of the carriage.