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Re: venerable reed

Author: nellsonic
Date: 2016-12-19 09:28

I just had a reed die on me today that I'd been using since June as part of my regular rotation of 8 reeds, meaning it got played on probably every other day for about 2 hours. It still plays and can produce a good sound, it's just lost that solid predictable core to the response that it had had.

As Donald notes, reeds CAN be played well past when they should be retired, but that doesn't mean they should.

I wouldn't ever want to be playing on just one reed all the time no matter how good. Those slight differences between even very good reeds are fertile grounds for musical exploration and improvement of one's own flexibility and facility.

Anders

Post Edited (2016-12-19 09:52)

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