Klarinet Archive - Posting 000705.txt from 1996/10

From: Richard Faria <faria@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Oil treatment for reeds
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 09:38:32 -0500

>On Sat, 26 Oct 1996, Julianne Kirk wrote:
>
>> a
>> trick I learned from my teacher is to coat your reeds in olive oil while
>> they're new. It makes them last longer for one thing and it does help the
>> sound as long as you don't mind the taste.

This is the process that Olivieri uses. They call them "tempered".

BTW, if you don't like the taste of olive oil, a vegetable oil would work
as well.

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