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Re: Wetting the reed

Author: susieray
Date: 2007-08-31 17:24

I soak the whole reed in a little bowl of water; the entire reed is
dunked under, and from there it floats....since I've got the
whole thing wet on both sides and both ends it seems to work fine....

But the only time I bother with soaking is when I've opened a new box.
I'm playing each of them for the very first time. I'll soak one for five
minutes, then play it for five minutes while the next one is soaking,
and so on through the whole box (each reed gets soaked for only five minutes that way).

I'm generally too lazy to do this every time I play. So from then
on I'll just pop the vamp end of whichever reed I'm using into my
mouth while I'm putting the clarinet together.

I would say try it both ways, do whatever works for you and don't
worry about what anyone else does.

Sue

Post Edited (2007-08-31 22:05)

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