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Re: Reeds: Sanding the flat side.

Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2015-12-13 20:09

Karl - I noticed that if after use I stored my reed in a flat-backed holder to dry, when next used the tip would warp a lot and require a lot of wetting to straighten out for play. I reasoned that there is probably different densities of longitudinal fibers in the typical reed (and they are visible held up to light, despite uniformity being wanted), and so denser regions would take longer to absorb and release moisture than less dense regions.

I decided that holding the reed against a hard flat surface while drying probably forces fibers out of alignment, at least until next wetting. And probably the alignment returns to normal upon next wetting - probably - but also it may take some time. I'm now wondering if this forcible misalignment can lead to the back warping.

Anyway, I stopped using the reed holder to dry the reeds. When I'm done playing, I wash them (I'm a washer) and lay them backside down on a paper tissue to dry. No force. To my mind this lets the drying proceed "naturally". I note that on next use, there's to my perception less tip warping than when I used the flat back holder.

This may all be delusional.

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