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Re: Reeds and Weather

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2018-04-20 14:27

Storage is only one issue. If your practice room is dry (56% humidity), it will only take about one minute for your reed to dry out on your mouthpiece.

It will be a huge help to use a humidifier in the room where you do more practice.

Actually you will NEVER have a situation where you have colder temperatures and high humidity. Cold air represents a lower dew point (the aspect of humidity that is important). Also, in colder climates, running heaters in doors removes even more moisture from the air. The opposite of your situation would be a tropical climate like Florida or Brazil. There, you might want to us a dehumidifier, however, I NEVER complained about reeds the two years I lived in Orlando.

One other fix would be to use Legere reeds when things get really bad. Try a strength 1/4 softer than you use for cane (example: if you use #3 cane, use a Legere strength 2.75).

................Paul Aviles

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