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Re: Reed Break In Playing

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2023-06-28 04:20

Agreed on the different regions point.

How are the reeds warping?

I guess I left out a little. I'd wet a reed in a glass of water (half in, half out) for about 2 minutes, then play the reed for five, placing the next reed from a box of ten after about 3 minutes. This way I got through a box of ten in just about an hour. I placed the reeds flat side up on a dry surface in the order they played best (as close as I could estimate) until the next day. The order would change even on the fourth day but after that things usually were stable from there. It was only at the fourth day that I'd begin placing the reeds in a reed guard

As for moisture, I never sealed the reeds off in anything. I just took a Baggies Sandwich bag and just flicked a few droplets of water into it with the three reed guards of ten reeds and just lightly folded the Baggie as I placed it into the clarinet case. I never did anything very scientific with the reeds. I think early on I did try some commercial hydro container that I sealed and wound up with black mold. Never used anything like that again.

I did live in Orlando for two years and reeds NEVER behaved better!

................Paul Aviles

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