Author: crsbryan
Date: 2009-12-19 14:44
My saxophone prof in college had an old glass humidor jar. There's probably a better name for it, I just don't know it. If I had to guess, it was probably about 2.5 gallons in size. He had a number of boxes of vintage sax and clarinet reeds in it. He had sealed it with vaseline at one point, and after a couple of years, it was permanently sealed. By the time I saw it, it had been sealed for a decade or two. When he retired he gave the reeds, jar, and all to another student. I was mildly jealous of those vintage reeds...
Back to the topic, I have never had any luck with humidors or bags or such. The best reeds I have right now are early/mid 90's blue box Van Dorens that have been sitting in the original package, in a storage tub with some other odds and ends. They seem to all play pretty well with little adjustment. Of course, I have adjusted to fibrecells, which play really well for me, so those Van Dorens continue to age.
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