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Re: Do reeds warp less after use if they dry slowly?

Author: kdk ★2017 Date:   2020-03-06 18:00 nellsonic wrote: > Tom H wrote: > > > > To remove warps I wet the reed, put the tip horizonantally > on > > the mouthpiece facing holding it tight with my thumb and > GENTLY > > "tick" the reed with my finger. > > I used to have to do that all the time before I started keeping > my reeds in a humidity controlled case. Haven't needed to even > once in the years since I made the switch. This kind of tip > warp is sometimes called 'crinkling' to distinguish it from > what can happen to the back of a reed when it loses its seal > with the mouthpiece due to no longer fitting flat against it. > It takes very little of this kind of warping to make the reed > feel less responsive. > And this kind of "crinkling" will straighten out completely if you simply wet the reed long enough - even one that has dried out completely. Tom H's method speeds the process up. Tip crinkling is not a deformity, just a short-lived inconvenience. What *is* a deformity is a bottom surface, which should be flat, that becomes convex when the edges pull upward as they dry before the center of the reed does. Re-wetting rarely undoes this damage. Prevention is the best approach. Either keep the reeds humidified or simply dry them with the flat side fully exposed to air (bark down or in a holder that holds them on their edges) so the water evaporates evenly. To Ruben's original question, I've never noticed whether drying speed affects the degree of warping. I've never had a way available to affect the speed of evaporation. But I think it's more important to prevent warping than to try to minimize it. Since you're using your device, have you noticed a difference? It seems to me the proof of an idea like this is in the pudding. Never mind what other people "feel" or "think." What have you actually found? Whether or not your device is "pointless" depends completely on whether or not it works. Karl Karl

Topics	Author	Date
Do reeds warp less after use if they dry slowly?  new	ruben	2020-03-05 18:39
Re: Do reeds warp less after use if they dry slowly?  new	Tobin	2020-03-05 21:54
Re: Do reeds warp less after use if they dry slowly?  new	ruben	2020-03-06 01:52
Re: Do reeds warp less after use if they dry slowly?  new	Tom H	2020-03-05 23:06
Re: Do reeds warp less after use if they dry slowly?  new	nellsonic	2020-03-06 09:48
Re: Do reeds warp less after use if they dry slowly?  new	kdk	2020-03-06 18:00
Re: Do reeds warp less after use if they dry slowly?  new	ruben	2020-03-08 13:19
Re: Do reeds warp less after use if they dry slowly?  new	nellsonic	2020-03-09 08:48
Re: Do reeds warp less after use if they dry slowly?  new	Dan Shusta	2020-03-06 00:40
Re: Do reeds warp less after use if they dry slowly?  new	ruben	2020-03-06 02:19
Re: Do reeds warp less after use if they dry slowly?  new	Djudy	2020-03-06 02:53
Re: Do reeds warp less after use if they dry slowly?  new	Philip Caron	2020-03-06 18:26
Re: Do reeds warp less after use if they dry slowly?  new	Ed Palanker	2020-03-06 18:36
Re: Do reeds warp less after use if they dry slowly?  new	Tom H	2020-03-10 04:40
Re: Do reeds warp less after use if they dry slowly?  new	nellsonic	2020-03-10 08:59

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