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Author: Alyra
Date: 2004-02-24 12:09
I was at the music shop the other day filling in time waiting for the bus - and saw a product called a 'reedsaver' , are these worth buying? To keep reeds flat or something...I didn't look at it too detailed, as it was for a bari sax lol..not a clarinet and they didn't have any that fitted clarinet reeds there. But interested in the concept - does it make any difference to the life of your reeds?
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Author: Markus Wenninger
Date: 2004-02-24 13:53
yes it does, Alyra. No idea how You keep Your reeds from warping because of humidity, but such a reed-saver is a cheap tool to keep especially the reed´s tip flat for a much longer time than it´d keep so normally. There´s one for every reed-instrument, and it streches the time-span, during which the reed is playable (that is, the reed´s tip is flat, not moulded, flat, unbroken), considerably.
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Author: lyn
Date: 2004-02-24 14:15
It's worth it to have Some kind of good "reedsaver" to keep your reeds in, it doesn't necessarily have to be something that keeps them flat, only that it keeps them from totally drying out. My husband uses a vitamin bottle with a piece of foam in the top so the tips don't get damaged.
Right now, I use a tin cigar box (one of those little ones) with paper towels and plexiglass - it does double duty, I can carry my plexiglass with me to work on my reeds, also my reed rush, nothing gets lost. The paper towels keep it from totally drying out.
Then I put the whole thing in a baggie.
It's really important that they don't dry out during the winter. But don't put them away too moist, or you will end up with mold. Mold doesn't hurt your reeds, but it looks gross. And I suppose it would taste nasty....
~L
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