Klarinet Archive - Posting 000427.txt from 2001/10

From: "Lacy Schroeder" <LacyS@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] Water
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 18:43:54 -0400

I've noticed this, too. I always wet my reeds with water in a plastic
film container that fits quite perfectly in an extra barrel slot in my
LeBlanc double case. I also think that the reed life is extended by
doing this, but how it's done I don't know. Maybe the saliva digests and
breaks down the reed's wood fibers, therefore weakning the reed? Just a
thought.

Lacy=20

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniluk, Bill [mailto:bdaniluk@-----.com]
> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2001 2:31 PM
> To: 'klarinet@-----.org'
> Subject: RE: [kl] Water
>=20
>=20
> It seems to me that the dunking in water technique described=20
> has superior
> results (in a more responsive reed) to simply wetting the=20
> reed with saliva
> in the context of a rehearsal/concert, but I wonder if there is some
> empirical evidence of this. Ditto with regard to extending reed life.
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