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Warping Reeds!?!?

Author: NBerg117
Date: 2017-01-04 08:02

Hello fellow clarinetists!
I am a 16 year old High School band student (Junior) who is currently seated as second chair in our school's top ensemble. I play on a late-1980s Buffet E11. I have had an issue for a long time with warping reeds. It seems like no matter what I do my reeds tend to bend inwards to close off the mouthpiece over time. I have tried a couple of different reed holders now, and none of them have seemed to make any difference. I play on a Vandoren 5RV lyre with a Vandoren Optimum ligature. I usually play with Vandoren V21 3.5s. I have noticed that these tend to bend more frequently/quickly than V12s or other reeds that I've used, but they all tend to bend no matter what. This has left both me and my instructor for private lessons confused, and while he has given me countless suggestions on how to fix the issue, nothing seems to work! Over time, every one of my reeds ends up bending in towards the mouthpiece, making large register jumps very prone to squeaking. (Especially in the beginning of the 1st Brahm's Sonata, which I am currently working on for my state solo competition along with some scholarship auditions, etc.) I have been suffering through this problem for a long time and I was hoping that one of you would be able to shed some light on the issue. Has anybody else experienced this? How did you fix it? Any input would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

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