Klarinet Archive - Posting 000169.txt from 2010/12

From: "Chris Hill" <themouthpieceguy@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Reeds an humidity
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 00:23:35 -0500

I have the opposite problem: as cold as -32 F (the C and F temperature scales meet at -40) with 11% humidity, sometimes drier!
I also use a reed case that controls the humidity; I think it is essential. In my case, being a Rico Artist, I tried their humidity control reed case first, and have stuck with it, since I like it. I've never tried the Vandoren Hygrocase, so I can't comment on them.
Chris Hill
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From: Tom Bassett<mailto:bassettt1@-----.com>
To: klarinet<mailto:klarinet@-----.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Reeds an humidity

I also bought the hygrocase and I thoguht it was a bad use of 65$. For me, it was the same as leaving my reeds in the clarinet case. I felt the whole thing to be cheap quality and not worth it. I dropped it one time and it broke immediately. I still had warped reeds that were in that box. (my climate is northeast PA so it can get around 0 in the winter (F) and as much as about 90 in the summer.) I also doubted the humidity guage was accurate. I just had that feeling. If Kathy says it works in her case then I beleive it. For some reason it just didn't work for me.

Tom
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> From: kathleenwilliams76@-----.com>
> To: klarinet@-----.com>
> Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 13:10:05 +1000
> Subject: [kl] Reeds an humidity
>
> On the subject of reeds and humidity, and coming from Brisbane we know a
> great deal about it, I bought a Vandoren Hygrocase. Expensive, but you have
> a reading of the humidity level on the box, and the reeds play better right
> from first go. Thoroughly recommend it. Right now, given daily heavy rain
> and thunderstorms, we have a real stinker of a day, humidity probably around
> 100% and 30 degrees Celsius, yet my reed box is a steady 67% humidity and a
> temperate 24 degrees. Oh, and you are not getting me out of the air con
> today.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Kathy Williams-DeVries
>
> BMusPerf (Hons)
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> Grad Dip Arts (Shakespeare Studies)
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