Klarinet Archive - Posting 001017.txt from 1999/04

From: "Karl Krelove" <kkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Reed Care
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 07:12:13 -0400

All that's really needed to prevent this is to make sure they dry off the
reed and swab the mouthpiece when they put their instruments away. If they
do this much, it won't matter if they store the reed in a case or on the
mouthpiece (I always store mine on the mouthpiece). The other side of this
is that many of the kids whose reeds look like this don"t _ever_ take the
reed off the mouthpiece - they lick it it or run water from a tap over the
mouthpiece to wet the reed when they start.

Karl Krelove

----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Reyes <robert_40@-----.com>
Subject: [kl] Reed Care

> What and how is the best way to show young players how to upkeep and
> maintain there reed in good working order without them smelling bad,
> looking bad, and screwing up the mouthpiece. Last monday when I was
> working with a local youth band, I saw something that would would
> make your stomach turn, the front part was a little dirty and brown
> looking. This is the scary part, the other side was not only just as
> dirty but had this brown goo on it. Brown Goo! I could only imagine
> what someone would have to do for there reed to look like that. So
> I will ask the question again, What must one do to get the point of
> proper reed care across. this is a true story.
>
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