Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2014-08-16 16:58
Check my website and reed my reed pages, especially breaking in and controling warping. I've been a professional player for over 50 years and once I learned how to control warping, about 30-35 years ago, I've never, and I mean NEVER, had a single reed warp, period. Your first mistake is soaking the reed for 5 minutes and you probably soak the entire reed. As I explain, you should never let the bottom half with the bark ever get wet. That will help prevent warping and taking the other steps I describe will prevent it. Before I used the Rico Vitalizer packs, which I keep in an air tight freezer bag, I used to use a different method that was not as easy to control. The other thing I write about is to never ever let your reed stay outside of the air tight bag for more than just a minute or so while you pick out the reed to use so they don't dry to the humidity in the air once their broker in. What makes a reed warp is going wet to dry. Any piece of wood that gets wet and goes to very dry will soon begin to warp. Any type of wood at all. If you have any questions about my article or what I do contact me on facebook or my e-mail and I'll be happy to help you. I'm not bragging, I've never had a clarinet reed warp in that time. I have had a "few" bass reeds warp because they're so much bigger but very few at that. Humidity control is the answer. Not keeping them wet but controlled the humidity. Not letting them go from very wet very dry, and as I said, never letting the strong portion of the reed get wet in the first place.
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