Klarinet Archive - Posting 000492.txt from 1999/10

From: act_dumb@-----.com
Subj: [kl] Re: wetting reeds
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 21:57:08 -0400

David Niethamer wrote:

> One issue that no one has mentioned - if you get too vigorous about
> soaking them in your mouth, the reed may not be flat when you put it =

> on the mouthpiece. That will make the sound thinner, at least until
> the reed gets going and flattens "on its own", if it's going to do
> that.

How does one become "vigorous" about soaking a reed in his/her mouth?
Are you talking about exerting force on the reed with the tongue,
whereby it is bent out of shape? Or are you referring merely to
how much saliva is allowed to soak into its fibers?

-- Neil

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