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Re: Sudden weather transition

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2015-11-23 16:16

Keep your clarinet with you. As long as YOU are comfortable, your clarinet will be comfortable (don't leave your clarinet in the trunk of a car when you go to dinner, ie., let it freeze while you're comfy inside).

The reed thing may not be so tricky. I hear advice about having new reeds to start at your destination. That's more important when there is a drastic difference of altitude from one spot to the other. Since that's not the case, I would think a broken-in reed (what you want to use when taking auditions) would be much less reactive to the DRY interiors of heated northeastern buildings in the Winter.

This is what to watch for. You put the reed on the mouthpiece and it plays great for about 30 seconds and then gets really resistant and unresponsive. Again though that's more with reeds that are newer. Just make sure you keep it moist (take it off and keep in your mouth; or do that "lolly-pop" lick more often).

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

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