Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2021-01-09 18:37
Paul Aviles wrote:
> If it is cold where you are and
> the heat is on all the time, your indoor humidity is probably
> less than 20% (that's not good for cane).
Not very good for people, either, not to mention wood instruments.
> When drying out on
> your mouthpiece cane reeds will manifest all sorts of poor
> performance from brittle to weak and unresponsive. Get a
> cheap hygrometer from the hardware store and if your humidity
> is lower than 60%, get a humidifier for the room where you
> practice.
60% *sounds* high. Paul, do you find that 60% is comfortable and doesn't leave any moist film on things around the room?
> Once humidity is not the problem, try Vandoren V21s. Those
> have the "filed" shoulders and consequently vibrate more freely
> and result in much more color in the sound.
V.12s are also filed. But, to crvsp, you might like them more than V.12s. Or you might like 56 Rue lepics. Of the four (Traditional, V.12, V21, 56 Rue) I, like Paul, prefer the 56 Rue lepic reeds. But you'd have to decide for yourself if Paul's "robust" and your "covered" are in conflict.
Karl
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