Author: Micke Isotalo ★2017
Date: 2021-02-11 15:38
I forgot to mention that I break in my reeds by playing on each for 2-5-10-15 minutes on successive days, and I store them in a cigar humidifier. Right now that humidifier keeps 52 %, while indoor humidity is 21 %.
So, with these recent Vandoren reeds I opened each "flowpack" and then immediately placed them in that humidifier. At break in, I took out one reed at a time, wetted it, played it for the assigned time, rinsed it in a jar of water, wiped it both with my fingers and gently with a towel, and put it back to the humidifier.
Those who haven't experienced warped reeds (please reed my entire initial post if you don't know what I mean with warping), how are you checking your reeds? I check mine by slightly wetting the entire flat side and then pressing them gently against a piece of glass. Then looking through the glass at the flat side you can see if the reed makes contact along all its length, or maybe only at the tip and butt. By pressing it with a finger at the middle on the "upside" of the reed, you can force the reed flat, but at once when you release it, it will "pop up".
Sometimes the warping may be inverted as convex rather than concave, but mostly at least for me it's concave.
The playing experience with a warped reed is stuffy, with increased stuffiness the more the reed is warped.
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