Klarinet Archive - Posting 000212.txt from 1997/03

From: Roger Shilcock
Subj: Re: Reed Theory Question (fwd)
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 04:46:22 -0500

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Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 09:44:05 -0500
From: Adam Calabrese <adam.calabrese%NIST.GOV@-----.UK>
Subject: Re: Reed Theory Question

At 09:19 AM 3/5/97 -0500, you wrote:
>If someone invented a reed holder that held the reed flat on glass with
>equal, and hard pressure (not enough to crush the fibers) at All points of
>the reed (top and bottom). Would warping not be possible, as the reed would
>have to dry flat?
>David C. Blumberg
>Principal Clarinet Riverside Symphonia
>reedman@-----.com

I thought one factor that causes reed warping is when the fibers can't dry
evenly. If you held a reed flat with pressure on a glass, then the front
would dry faster than the back, since no air could get directly to the back
of the reed. Now if the bladder also was airtight, then I think the reeds
that never dried completely would get pretty gross after awhile!! I guess
it depends on how much air can get in through the sides.

-Adam

-Adam Calabrese
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899

Yes -- personally, I'd hope the back dried out much sooner ....
Roger Shilcock