The Var is where the finest musical canes in the world are grown, thanks to its very mild climate, with lots of sunshine and the Mistral wind.

The roots of MARION Ltd’s canes were planted in our plantation a very long time ago, and have multiplied over the years in the soil.

Young shoots appear every year, and after a few weeks their diameter is taken and will remain the same until cutting. By the time they are one year old, the canes have already reached their final size (around 5 to 6 metres).

We harvest them manually during the winter, and only those canes which are two years old are cut, in order to guarantee a high quality product.

The canes are cut one by one using shears to ensure they are not damaged.

During the harvest, we check all the young shoots, keeping only those with a diameter appropriate for the future manufacture of musical reeds.

All our canes are sorted and selected with great precision. They are then gathered in bunches and assembled into bell shapes before being cleaned.

MARION Ltd exposes the canes to the Var sun for browning, and then stores them in ventilated warehouses where they dry naturally for two years.

Once drying is complete, we remove the knots in order to obtain perfect tubes.

Depending on their diameter and thickness, these tubes will be used in the manufacture of the different types of reeds.