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Re: Rotating Reeds?

Author: William
Date: 2018-05-23 21:17

Pretty much, everyone has their own breakin-rotation method. I use 12+ reeds in my rotation if that of any help. And I never use water, only saliva and then only for a few seconds....like twenty....to moisten them. Before playing, I rub the vamp with a finger to seal the natural pores of the reed to preserve its resilience while playing.

But here is what a well known CSO principal clarinetist told us at an informational clinic in Evanston a few years ago. "I just break open a new box of reeds, dump them in a glass of water and if they don't play right away, I toss them. I don't have time to work on reeds."

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