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Re: Repeated Break-In of Reeds?

Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2016-03-04 19:03

I agree with Karl.
I have probably 20 or more reeds in rotation or occasional use (especially those reserved for performance) and some of those have been in the rotation sytem for 5 -10 years.
I always do an extensive initial break in between 5-8 days but thereafter there has been no further break in needed even after months of non-use.
As Karl notes sometimes they need a little extra wetting but this becomes obvious within the first few minutes of playing and once that is done they perform just as last time used.
Fortunately in UK we get few extremes of climate or humidity which helps.

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