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Re: Rotating Reeds?

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2018-05-22 07:42

I like to break in reeds for 3 or 4 days, the Steuer reeds because I'm used to them after playing on them now for years. Although I import them I pay for them just like everyone. Once a few reeds are broken in I usually do NOT rotate them. I pick out a good one and leave it on the horn. Here is the reason. The reed forms to the mouthpiece and I play a lot so the reed has just the right amount of humidity. I just wet the reed and play. I just finished a short tour that took me to Washington DC, Cleveland, and Chicago. I pretty much played on the Exclusive reeds but at Chicago the hall was pretty big, large, so the lighter Classic reed projected better.

Although I can make reeds from scratch I don't have to do much to these reeds and I don't like to rotate them because they may play well one day and due to humidity changes they may NOT play at all a week later. This is why I don't rotate reeds very often.

However, I always have a 2 or 3 reeds ready to play if my main reed feels like it might be not responding to my delight.

I strongly feel if a reed doesn't play and it's weak, you simply can't do a thing to it so throw it out. Save your practice time trying to fix a dead reed and spend your time playing on good cane. You will become a much better player playing on good reeds compared to fighting poor reeds.

Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces

Yamaha Artist 2015

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