Klarinet Archive - Posting 000181.txt from 2010/12

From: "Peter Gentry" <peter.gentry@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Splotchy Reeds
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:25:44 -0500

I once tried soaking reeds in some left over baby bottle cleanser - Milton.
I left then in rather longer than I meant and they all but dissolved. The
reeds were completely useless having become as thin as paper and almost
translucent.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: fred jacobowitz [mailto:fbjacobo@-----.us]
> Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2010 5:13 PM
> To: The Klarinet Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [kl] Splotchy Reeds
>
> If you soak the reeds in alcohol or peroxide, it'll kill the mold,
> tho the discoloration will remain. The discoloration harm the reeds,
> tho.
>
> Fred Jacobowitz
>
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>
> You don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note.
> ~Doug Floyd
>
> On Dec 24, 2010, at 10:26 PM, Steve Hartman wrote:
>
> It sounds like mold. Are you using water to wet the reeds? If so, try
> using saliva exclusively on the two unused reeds and see whether the
> same

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