Klarinet Archive - Posting 000249.txt from 2002/11

From: "William Semple" <wsemple@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Wacky reed problem solved
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 11:55:32 -0500

Sounds like an intriguing solution, especially for places like here. I am
going to give this a try!!

Also something to be said for a corollary idea to place in the clarinet case
(a local repair person told me of getting some plastic tubing at the Home
Depot, punching holes in it, and inserting a sponge).

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve White" <bass.clarinet@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] Wacky reed problem solved

> I take a piece of glass with a couple of rubber bands on it to slip the
> reeds under and hold them. In addition to this I have an admittedly
> large tupperware style container (air-tight or close to it). The
> container doesn't have to be large, I just keep all my reeds in it. I
> have a nylon with about 6oz of rock salt in it shaped into a ball. (I do
> this by twisting the nylon and then dropping it through itself
> repeatedly until the nylon is a little ball about the size of the palm
> of my hand) With the reeds on the glass with the rubber bands (or
> anything else you can think of to hold them down) I take a small misting
> bottle and spray the nylon lightly and place it in the container. This
> provide me with a relatively constant humidity and the salt keeps things
> from growing on the reeds. This system has worked well for years for me
> and I can't taste the salt on the reed. Dry climates are well served by
> this but I imagine it can be used other places with similar results.
>
> Well, there's my two cents. flames awaited.
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> Steve White
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