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Re: Anyone storing wooden reeds in a fridge?

Author: DSMUSIC1
Date: 2017-10-18 21:17

Being from the Philadelphia area I would visit Hans Moennig's shop as a young boy anytime I needed repair work.

I remember most Saturdays would consist of a morning rehearsal with the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra. It was after rehearsal that I would see Moennig for any repair work, if needed.
After that I would catch the bus down to the Settlement Music School at 4th and Queen for Theory and Woodwind Quintet with Shirley Curtiss, followed by a lesson that would go on for hours with Ron Reuben of the Philadelphia Orchestra. (Thanks for allowing me to go down memory lane)

One day I walked into Moennig's shop with a cumbersome gadget to keep my reeds at "the perfect humidity level."

He laughed and told me to keep my reeds in a baggie with a small orange peel and that while I was at it to add a few orange peels to my case along with a dampit.

I have been doing it ever since.

-Dennis

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