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Old reeds - rising from the dead?

Author: OneWatt
Date: 2021-03-10 06:43

Perhaps you ole' timers won't be surprised by this, but it was a surprise to me ...

I've found that reeds that were "well past their prime" and therefore put aside for memory's sake, have somehow sprung back to life after having been left alone for several weeks.

I don't know if it's simply that they needed to fully recover and/or dry out (or whatever else reeds do when left to their own devices long enough). But I had reasonably assumed they were dead for good. And that they'd never play well again - and so I had given up the ghost.

Apparently not.

Out of curiosity, I found that quite a few of them (at least the ones without chips or that I hadn't been overly-aggressive in adjusting in the past) played quite beautifully... like long lost wonderful reeds that somehow made their way home again.

Is it just me?

Have others experienced the joy of being reunited with a once-lovely reed that returned... for old time's sake?

If so, does this mean perhaps that I've simply been too rash in taking them out of rotation in the first place?

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Israel = Ancient Hebrew for "Wrestles with God"
Klarinet = Ancient Greek for "Struggles with Reeds"

Post Edited (2021-03-10 06:43)

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