Klarinet Archive - Posting 000307.txt from 1996/10

From: Starr Schaftel Wayne <starrs@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: Reed Conditioning (was "reed water") - Long!
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 22:59:27 -0400

Don youngkurth wrote:........
> I store the reeds I'm currently using in Vandoren cases. These have grooves
> in the flat surface against the reed. With conditioned reeds, I have
> essentially no warpage problems. Occasionally a reed that has become very
> dry will show some "ripple" at the tip, but these will typically flatten out
> when thoroughly wetted. Reeds in process or extras are left on a piece of
> plate glass, open to the air, bark side down.
>
> I'm certainly not playing forty hours a week and don't keep track of playing
> time per reed, but I have reeds conditioned as above that have been in and
> out of use over a period of at least 2-1/2 years and are still doing just
> fine.
>
> Don Yungkurth (DYungkurth@-----.com)

I've been conditioning reeds with basically the same method as
the one described above for approximately 20 years, with excellent
results.

Starr Schaftel Wayne