Klarinet Archive - Posting 001269.txt from 1998/10

From: "Martin Marks" <RxReed@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] mold on reed cases
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 09:35:41 -0500

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Carwile <carwile@-----.org>
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 4:11 PM
Subject: RE: [kl] mold on reed cases

>Once a reed molds in those cases, any other reeds you put in the case
>will mold until you take the case apart and clean it with bleach (or
>some other cleaner). The problem is that the mold doesn't only attach
>to the reed but to the case itself (and therefore to future reeds that
>you put into the case).
>
>Take it apart and you'll probably find some mold underneath the case in
>the grooves where the tip is. You may have to scrape it out of the
>grooves.
>
>The suggestion about putting the insert under a lamp once a week is a
>good one too.
>
>If these two suggestions don't fix it for you, the most likely reason
>your reeds are moldy is that you are putting them away when they are too
>wet. After playing, I let my reeds dry for a couple of minutes before I
>put them in the case.
>
>This could obviously vary with your climate, though. North in the
>winter vs. south in the summer require different use of that case.
>Sometimes, I'll actually not close the case all the way if my reeds are
>staying too wet. That seems to work for me in a more humid climate.
>
>Jeff Carwile
>carwile@-----.org
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: AnneVacca@-----.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 5:08 AM
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: [kl] mold on reed cases
>
>How do you take apart a Vandoren reed case? I have one in my hands now and
it won't come apart.
Marty Marks
>
>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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