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Re: reeds professionally adjusted

Author: Djudy
Date: 2019-11-18 19:50

Tom R's videos are great (and funny); also on youtube, I like the advice of the sax guy Sirvalorsax ("How to Fix Reeds..." and a review of the Vandoren plaque & stylet) , Earspasm Music (bass clarinet) and Better Sax and Saxophone Geek, one of whom interviewed the Reed Geek guy. Saxophone Geek has the simplest advice of all, and that works, about 'polishing' a reed on cheap typing paper ("The Paper Trick"). I tried this on a reed dry out of the box and was surprised that I could feel the 'shine' coming up. I did both sides and the reed sounded and felt very nice. I just do this automatically now and play for a while before trying anything more radical and time consuming. So if you're short on time or don't like to fuss, this is a good trick to remember It won't fix a real dud but it does help.

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