Klarinet Archive - Posting 000590.txt from 1999/02

From: "Marty Marks" <RxReed@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] re reed aging
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 21:17:52 -0500

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From: Fernando Silveira <fernando1@-----.br>
Date: Monday, February 15, 1999 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] re reed aging

>Yes Marty, on "Woodwind Anthology" has the same experience as yours with
>good results
>
>Best
>
>Fernando Silveira
>
up on the coatings and worked
>on
>>impregnating the fibers with a waterproofing substance that would not
>>dissolve in saliva. I got lucky and found the right mixture. I have been
>>playing reeds treated in this solution for about six months. I get about
>>double the reed life I got before. In addition the reeds play with more
>>resonance. This however is no magic elixir. I t won't make bad reeds
>play.
>>I only treat performance quality reeds that have been tested and partially
>>adjusted. I can treat at least twenty reeds in a half ounce bottle of
>>solution. Another important bonus is that the reeds become very stable.
>>They play the same from day to day until they finally die. They don't
seem
>>to get waterlogged. I've personally only tested these treated reeds in
>>south Florida, but they seem to play the same on dry or humid days. As
>>far as I can determine this product is unique. Has anyone heard of or
>>experimented with this type of reed treatment?
>>
>>Marty Marks
>>
>>HI FERNANDO - I tried coating the butt end of the reed a couple of years
back at your suggestion, I thought it increased the reed life somewhat,
but I felt it increased the resistance of the reed also and some reeds
seemed to play stuffy When I treat a reed with the stuff I have been
working with I soak the butt end of the reed first and seal it and then I
soak the tip of the reed and the entire reed becomes impregnated. Most
players who have treated their reeds this way say that the reed vibrates
better. A few have said there is very little difference in the sound. All
have agreed that the reeds last longer. How long they last varies from reed
to reed and player to player, but my reeds are lasting on average twice as
long. Also, most treatments such as vegetable oils deaden the vibrations of
the reed in my experience.
>>
>>Marty Marks
>>
>>
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