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Author: Le9669
Date: 2011-01-27 02:14
Hello Forum, are there any ways I can prevent my reeds from drying out during rehearsal?
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Author: kdk
Date: 2011-01-27 02:24
Lick them a lot and keep the cap on the mouthpiece during long rests. Or use a synthetic reed.
Karl
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Author: grifffinity
Date: 2011-01-27 03:55
I had a couple of rough weeks in early January at Orch rehearsal. The hall we rehearse in is particularly dry. I started keeping my reeds in one of those LaVoz holders with a piece of Grapefruit peel in a plastic bag (NOT ZIPPED - it can cause too much moisture and mold. Leave the bag open, but you can fold it over to prevent contents from falling out). I found keeping my reeds in this environment simulated the moisture level found in summer - and my reeds can make it through about a 2 hour rehearsal without drying out.
Post Edited (2011-01-27 03:58)
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Author: Chris Hill
Date: 2011-01-27 04:12
I live in a very dry climate, and found that there are two more things that help keep the reeds wet: make sure the bottom of the reed is flat, and use reeds that have less-dense cane. The reeds I use in January would waterlog if I used them in July.
Chris
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2011-01-27 11:02
When I'm practicing on more than one reed instrument and I want to leave them all set up so I can switch back and forth quickly, I wrap a piece of damp paper towel around the reeds of instruments while I'm not playing them. To hold the paper in place without disturbing the reed placement, I use a cap a size larger than that instrument would normally need. It's easy and quick to switch the paper towel strip from one clarinet or sax to another. If I were playing for anybody but the cat, I'd go to rehearsal or performance with the paper strips pre-dampened in a plastic bag. At the end of the session, toss the strips and turn the plastic bag inside out to dry for next time -- no mess, no mold growth.
Lelia
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2011-01-27 14:38
Several players in my section keep a little glass, cup or whatever of water by their chair and put a little water on their reeds once in a while by just dipping their finger in the water and putting a few drops on the reed. I just keep the cap on my MP when I have rests and lick the reed in my mouth now and then. ESP http://eddiesclarinet.com
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Author: susieray
Date: 2011-01-27 15:39
"Several players in my section keep a little glass, cup or whatever of water by their chair"
You could also turn the clarinet upside down and dip the mouthpiece in a cup of water with the reed still on it......
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2011-01-27 17:24
One of my single reed colleagues is also a bassoonist. He does the "double reed" thing and keeps the clarinet mouthpiece tip-down in a glass of water. A quick suck clears the water from the gap between the lay and the reed, and he's good to go.
Bob Phillips
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