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aging seems to work

Author: Hiroshi
Date: 2000-07-10 06:35

As all of the reeds in a V12 box sounds terrible, I stored it in a dry place for nearly 8 months.

I dipped them in Gum Dental rinse for sanitization and dried them for 2 weeks,then washed them by flowing lukewarm water, and re-profiled it with Greg Smith's reed profiler to make them have exact Morre profile.

Two days ago, I bottom sanded one and found it sound marvelous just like good old days vandoren's tones:complex and includes various harmonics. It was a present shock. Greg Smith's profiler made it sound easier.

Aging seems to work. It might be all the more necessary for present new reeds. I wonder:Present dry-up period may not be long as in good old days? or Did aging also climatize them?

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