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Re: Reed Squeak

Author: BGBG
Date: 2015-08-11 06:43

https://reedhelp.wordpress.com/tutorials/basiccare/

This is one of the tutorials I was reading. Havent read many. seems there are so many different ways of doing things that all seem to work for some but not others. I am searching for one that works well for me. I dont keep the reeds wet all the time but I have, and now I lay them on a glass surface until dry then put in a reed holder they came in. I havent decided upon any other storage. Have used jars, plastic ziplock bags. Obviously to play well they need a certain amount of moisture but how much? Some never seem to wet them; others soak 24/7 in something or other and either seems like too much of extreme to me. But some of mine have been soaked and others not and all but one seems to play. I had 4 earlier ones but they became damaged. I also have a number of unused reeds. I dont play professionally or anywhere but home, and I keep the damaged ones to work on and see if I can make them play. Have a dial digital caliper .0005" so I can tell how one is different than another. Not an expert at this but have had some success.
I will try some of these aforementioned things and see how they work for me. Most confusing thing for me is how so many different things all seem to work for different people.

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