Klarinet Archive - Posting 001232.txt from 2000/10

From: MVinquist@-----.com
Subj: [kl] Warping Reeds
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 20:46:39 -0400

On Oct 11, Gary Truesdail said, re: Warping Reeds:
>Saliva contains minerals and some acids which can dissolve some of the
material
in the cane. Some of this mineral and dissolved material, now in liquid form,
will get deposited in other areas on the cane, particularly inside the ends of
the open cells. I wonder if this would contribute to the gradual dying of
response that can occur in a reed that was not 'prepared'.<

Gary - I don't think so. I've tried cleaning up old reeds, and it hardly
does anything for them. I've even tried clipping maybe 3/4" off the tip and
recutting the vamp, but it doesn't help. I think what happens is that the
structure of the cane gets broken down by vibration rather than getting
infiltrated by crud.

Best regards.

Ken Shaw

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