Klarinet Archive - Posting 000355.txt from 2001/12

From: Floyd Williams <f.williams@-----.au>
Subj: Re: [kl] how to store reeds?
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 03:12:16 -0500

For the last few years i have stored reeds in such a way as to allow
them to dry evenly(not on a flat surface). This year,I devised a neater
way of doing this by sticking part of an ordinary comb in a small food
storage box(about 6 inches by 3-4 inches).The comb is held in place by
Blu-tack at the mid-way point.the reeds then are placed on their sides
and held in place by the comb's tines.They don't fall out of place and I
think warpage is much less than I have experienced with storing reeds on
a flat surface in the usual way.

Floyd Williams

Clarguy3@-----.com wrote:
>
> I think Howard is right about not storing reeds on a flat surface. Given
> that wood warps toward water, and that the reed is thinner at the edges and
> thus dries there first, convex warpage will be exacerbated and not helped by
> the flat surface.
>
> My article on reeds, which discusses this in some detail, was published about
> a year and a half ago in The Clarinet, and will be posted on the Mid-West
> website after the convention next week. Or if you're at the convention in
> Chicago, come to the clinic on Wednesday at 11 a.m. and pick up a hard copy.
>
> Chuck
>
> In a message dated 12/15/01 7:32:49 AM Eastern Standard Time, syo@-----.com
> writes:
>
> <<
> I don't worry so much about storing them, but I have found some
> success in Howard Klug's recomendation that you never dry the reeds
> on a flat surface. (I lay them upside down on my glass case, then
> turn them over when I'm finished packing up my instrument)
>
> Mike
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I was wondering how everyone stores their reeds? Please let me know as I'm
> >looking for ideas on how to store them in order to make them last longer..
> >Thanks! >>
>
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Floyd Williams
Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University
Brisbane, Qld. AUSTRALIA

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