Klarinet Archive - Posting 000081.txt from 1997/12

From: "Karl Krelove" <kkrelove@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Reed cases
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 22:54:10 -0500

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Berman <jberman@-----.edu>
Date: Tuesday, December 02, 1997 5:14 PM
Subject: Reed cases

>Does anyone have strong feelings about the best way to store >reeds? Are
the
>glass carriers (Harrison, Selmer) better than the cheap >vandoren blue
cases?

The best reed holder is any case that holds the reeds on their side edges so
neither the top nor the bottom surface is held flat against anything. These
holders are not easy to find and, except for the very flimsy plastic ones
they used to pack with Buffets (do they still include those in the cases
anymore?) tend to be pricey, but in my experience they nearly eliminate
(instead of simply reducing) warpage. Holding a piece of wood against a
glass surface to dry ensures that the exposed surface will dry more quickly.
Uneven drying is the reason most cut wood warps in the first place. My
second choice is, among the flat holders, any one that allows air (generally
through grooves in the flat surface the reed is held against) to circulate
around both sides of the reed.

Karl