Klarinet Archive - Posting 000547.txt from 1999/02

From: "Fernando Silveira" <fernando1@-----.br>
Subj: Re: [kl] Reed Aging
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 22:18:59 -0500

Dear Ed, put nail polish in the reed's hell works obstructing the muisture
to came in the xylems of the reeds. Xylems is the tubes way that the water
is removed from the soil and go until the highest part of the plant. Is easy
to the water stay in the xylems. But, if you seal the "hell" of the reed and
play once or twice on that reed , fragments of your saliva will be in the
xylem, obstructing the possibility of the water changes with you saliva,
water and with the air. Result - the reed's life and wood stabilization will
improve a lot.
Another point of my dissertation is that neither water or saliva will end
the reed's life. But if the reed is not dryed properly each time you play
(at least if you don't seal the "hell" of the reed) it will be more inclined
to die. But, the main reason for the end of the reed's life is our
embochure tension changes and the changes of air humity.

All the best

Fernando
PS I hope you understand my bad english!!
Fernando Silveira
Principal Clarinet - National Symphony - Brazil
Clarinet Professor - Rio de Janeiro University
fersilv@-----.br
Phone (55)(21) 613-4229
Fax (55)(21)716-2248
-----Mensagem original-----
De: Edwin V. Lacy <el2@-----.edu>
Para: Klarinet <klarinet@-----.org>
Data: Domingo, 14 de Fevereiro de 1999 20:22
Assunto: Re: [kl] Reed Aging

>On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, Fernando Silveira wrote:
>
>> On my dissertation I could affirm that if you put nail polish on the
>> "heel" of the reed will help to prevent the reed became with a lot of
>> moisture, sealing the reed.
>
>I believe this is true, for single reeds as well as for bassoon reeds. I
>discovered it by accident while making bassoon reeds. But, I don't know
>why it works. It seems counter-intuitive. We might imagine that if the
>ends of the fibres are left open, moisture molecules could escape there,
>but it doesn't seem to work that way. Any suggestions or theories about
>why this works?
>
>Ed Lacy
>el2@-----.edu
>
>
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