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Re: boiling legeres

Author: Tony F
Date: 2017-12-09 04:35

I've done this several times. Only the last inch of the tip of the reed needs to be dipped into boiling water for about 2-3 seconds.. This will soften the reed by about a half strength, ie make a 3.0 into a 2.5. The reed will harden slightly over the next few hours to about a 2.75 and will stay at that level. Doing it a second time has little effect. A soft reed can be clipped, but only a tiny sliver of material should be removed. The European cut reed is slightly wider than the standard Bb reed and does not fit into some normal Bb clippers.

Tony F.

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