Klarinet Archive - Posting 000147.txt from 2001/05

From: "Karl Krelove" <kkrelove@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Reed Life
Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 07:07:07 -0400

> -----Original Message-----
> From: stewart kiritz [mailto:kiritz@-----.net]
>
> This is not related to the number of hours a reed is playable but to reed
> longevity in a different sense. About two years ago I resumed
> playing after
> a hiatus of over 25 years. In my buffet case was a reed case with four
> reeds in it. I moistened a reed, put in on the horn and ....it sounded
> terrible. But as I got my embouchure back I revisited these old reeds and
> oddly enough they sounded just fine. I was quite surprised.
>
> Stewart Kiritz
>
This could also be a matter of dryness. A reed that's been sitting unused
for 25 years is very dry. I often find that reeds I haven't used for several
weeks feel unresponsive and sound thin and brittle even after a reasonable
wetting time. They need more hydration to come back to life. After some
extra wetting or wetting them over a couple of short playing sessions, they
come around.

Karl Krelove

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