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Re: Reed humidity control

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2014-10-25 03:43

I first wish to point out that the number that is REALLY important is the Dew Point. Here is why: you can have 100% humidity but if the ambient temperature is 60 degrees, then the reed only gets 60% humidity. This is why things get bad up north in the winter. When the temperature outside is in the 10s or 20s, then 10 to 20% humidity is all that gets in the house. If you don't humidify your air, then you cook off even that meager amount of water from the air.

I recall a particularly bad winter in Boston (where my apartment had radiator heating) where I would soak a reed in water, then have it in my mouth for a minute, put it on the mouthpiece, start playing and in just over 50 seconds (of playing!) the reed was completely dried out and warped. And these were fully broken in reeds too by the way!

As for pros humidifying, I'd say many AT VERY LEAST put there reed case in a ziploc bag (partially open....never let the moisture just sit there) to aid in preserving moisture in the reed. I have a plastic sandwich bag in which I put my reed case and always blow a bit of warm air both when I retrieve a reed and when I put one back.

.............Paul Aviles

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