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 Re: Reed humidity control
Author: bmcgar ★2017
Date:   2014-10-24 22:49

In 55 years I've never concerned myself with it, nor do I intend to...unless I someday find myself in an environment so high in humidity that my reeds might get moldy in storage.

Once a reed has been played sufficiently, previously humidified or not, it stabilizes to the humidity of its environment (mouth cavity humidity, breath humidity) then gradually changes according to the humidity of the outside environment once the mouthpiece leaves the mouth and depending on how long the reed isn't being played. In other words, the effects of humidity control "systems" fall away once a reed is removed from the system.

Humidity control may shorten the time it takes to get a reed up to snuff once play begins, but in my occasional empirical experiments with humidification, I haven't seen any advantages in playing qualities, reed life, and so forth.

Also, for what it's worth, I've never personally known one professional-level player who bothers with it, though I know of those who do.

B.



Post Edited (2014-10-25 06:18)
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