Klarinet Archive - Posting 000700.txt from 2002/03

From: "Lacy, Edwin" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] Breaking In New Reeds
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 13:52:56 -0500

> I usually stick them in a mug of water just to soften them a
> little if they
> seem a little hard. Just don't leave them for too long
> otherwise they have
> to be dried out and the whole process has to start all over again.

This is not at all what people are talking about when they mention "breaking
in" reeds. Some people have a very elaborate process, sometimes
psuedo-scientific, and at others, even bordering on the mystical and occult.
The topic is a complicated one, and subject to considerable controversy.

Ed Lacy
University of Evansville

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