Klarinet Archive - Posting 001043.txt from 2001/02

From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Warped reeds
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 22:59:14 -0500

I'm always a little suspicious when I read something like this that we're
not all talking about the same thing when we talk about "warped" reeds. What
exactly are your reeds doing? Where is the warpage?

Karl Krelove

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donna Higgins [mailto:Donna@-----.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 10:11 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Warped reeds
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I've been having a problem lately with warping reeds. I bought a box of
> Mitchell Lurie 4.5 reeds, which all looked fine when I got them, but
> within a week or two about half of them (unused) had warped. I kept the
> whole box in my clarinet case. Several reeds that I had been using
> (same brand and strength, different batch) also became warped.
>
> Is there any way to fix a warped reed? And what's the best way to store
> reeds? I used to use one of those reed cases that Vandoren makes, the
> kind that holds four at once, but my reeds got moldy very quickly, so
> now I keep them in the little plastic things they're sold in.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Donna M. Higgins
>
> "The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey
> their children." - The Duke of Windsor (1894-1972)
>
>
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