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Klarinet Archive - Posting 000023.txt from 1998/07

From: "Justin Wood" <olio555@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Good "aging" reeds
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 06:39:53 -0400

<snip>

>What does aging do? I think that it continues to dry the reed out
>and let the
>fibers continue to settle and stabilize (for lack of technical savvy) and
>compensate for not enough aging of the cane before the reeds are
>cut.

Correct me if I am wrong, but I think the main thing the aging does for a
reed is allow it to completely adjust to the climate it is in and of course
it does stabilize more. I doubt that the reed companies do not age the
reeds long enough. It is more likely that we just live in a different
climate.

If there is something like this in the thread later on, let me know. I
still have 200+ messages to read/respond to. I figured that the list
members would not fill up my inbox so quickly, but I was wrong. <grin>

Justin Wood

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