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Re: Wavy Reeds

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2017-03-31 18:44

Ed Palanker wrote:

> Karl, I could only surmise that even a new reed has a very
> thin tip and is not 100% perfectly even through out so the
> warping occures between the stong and weaker grain, even if it
> looks even.

This looks like an explanation of why new reeds *do* wrinkle, so you may have misread my comment, Ed (or I've misunderstood yours). In my experience, brand new reeds, when you first wet them, *don't* crinkle (become wavy). Yes, they have the same uneven grain and thin tip that they will still have one or two more wettings down the line, yet for some reason they *don't* become wavy (again, in my experience) that first time out the box when you put them in your mouth for a few seconds and then onto the mouthpiece without needing to straighten the tip out.

I have to guess that something leeches out during that first playing, or something new gets absorbed from saliva that actually changes the density distribution. I wondered in my last post what changes.

Karl

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