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Do reeds ever de-warp?

Author: Micke Isotalo ★2017
Date: 2021-02-11 00:29

Has anyone experienced de-warped cane reeds - that is, reeds that you once found warped but which later straigthened up?

If so, what do you think did the trick - like changes in humidity, or something else?

Or, has anyone been able to straighten warped reeds by some kind of treatment?

With warping I'm not meaning a wrinkled tip, but reeds "going bananas" - thus becoming bent along their length (usually with the tip and the butt of the flat side making contact against a flat surface, but with the center rising up).

Last August, with a "reed-friendly" indoor humidity level, I got 9/10 warped reeds out of a V21-box, and this month 10/10 ones out of a Rue 56-box. Similarly also with a lot of Pilgerstorfer reeds.

I'm following a previous suggestion on this board about wetting only the tip or the upper half of a reed to prevent warping in the first place, but without success. I'm also storing wetted reeds upside down, until they have dried.

Just wondering if warped reeds should be trashed right on, or still be kept in hope of a possible, future de-warping.

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