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 Do reeds ever get harder as they get older?
Author: Dutchy 
Date:   2012-07-13 14:46

My experience so far has been that reeds get softer and mushier as they get older, but this week I'm struggling with a Forrest's reed that has been fine for quite a long time now, but suddenly it's as though it has bumped itself up a grade in hardness, and even after a night's rest, I can barely play more than a few bars with it without having to work at getting it to sound. So does this happen to anyone else, or am I just having a Senior Embouchure Moment? I have tried a short peroxide soak to de-gunk it, and that hasn't helped.

Of course this would be the week that I'm supposed to play a duet with the Clarinet at church on Sunday. [roll eyes] Is there some kind of federal mandate that you only have reed trouble when there's something important coming up? I do have backup reeds, but I hate having to switch. I want my good old reed! Wahhh...

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Dutchy 2012-07-13 14:46 
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Chris P 2012-07-13 16:08 
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jhoyla 2012-07-13 16:25 
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Nannette 2012-07-13 16:26 
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Dutchy 2012-07-13 18:50 
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RobinDesHautbois 2012-07-15 15:24 
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GoodWinds 2012-07-18 18:35 
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jhoyla 2012-07-18 22:13 
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GoodWinds 2012-07-19 00:32 
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mschmidt 2012-07-19 14:32 
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GoodWinds 2012-07-21 19:29 
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jhoyla 2012-07-19 12:05 
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