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Re: Reeds: Sanding the flat side.

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2015-12-13 19:08

Philip Caron wrote:

> Why do the backs of reeds warp? I've never had (or never
> noticed) this. I have had the tip warp, but that's surely not
> the same thing, and it goes away once the reed is moistened
> enough.

Why reeds warp seems to be a point of dispute among single reed players, though I doubt if there's much debate in a lumber yard. When wood gets wet, it expands. When it dries, it contracts. If a board is wet throughout but lies on top of another board so only the top surface is exposed to air, it bends - warps - upward toward the drier surface. The bottom surface of a warped reed - the surface that should be flat - generally has a convex curvature running lengthwise.

You're right that the crinkling or waviness in the tip when you first wet a reed to play it isn't warpage - although it's related in that the cane along the tip isn't absorbing water evenly and some parts are expanding sooner than others. Once the area is thoroughly and evenly wet, the tip straightens out.

Karl

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