Klarinet Archive - Posting 001132.txt from 1997/12

From: "Loh Tzu Liang" <tlloh@-----.sg>
Subj: Re: Reeds
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 21:05:25 -0500

Hello..

-----Original Message-----
From: Dee Hays <deerich@-----.net>
Date: 30 December 1997 23:54
Subject: Re: Reeds

>I get very good yield rates out of a box of commercial reeds. Up to 7 or 8
are
>good with only minor adjustments. The remainder either take more work or
are
>(occasionally) far enough off the average that I mark them thick or thin
and
>save them for very dry days or very humid days.

I'd like to know exactly how humidity affects the performance of a reed and
why wld using slightly thicker or thinner reeds help?

Thanx