Klarinet Archive - Posting 001224.txt from 1998/10

From: Note Staff Unlimited <notestaff@-----.ch>
Subj: Re: [kl] mold on reed cases
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 13:19:28 -0500

klarinet@-----.org schrieb:

> Hi-
>
> I have a strange thing that happened to some of my reeds. I use Vandoren reed
> cases and I had some of my reeds get moldy. But here is the strange thing- it
> was only one case (of the five) and it was also brand new reeds that I was in
> the process of breaking in.
>
> Earlier, I had soaked the reed case in water with bleach, thoroughly dried it
> out and put my new reeds inside. When I checked them (about a week later)
> they were moldy.
>
> Any ideas on why? How? What I did wrong?
>
> Anne Vacca
>
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One thing you can do to help prevent this happening again in the colder seasons
is to take out the little carbon tube and set it under a lamp for a while to dry
out.

David
David Glenn
notestaff-@-----.ch

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