Author: Stephen Froehlich
Date: 2001-09-26 16:07
Contra reeeds/tounge depressers are certainly on the hate side of the love-hate relationship I have with the contrabass clarinet. Honestly, I haven't had a chance to play contra since I got the Larry Guy book (which I would recommend), but all of the anti-warpage recommendations he has I think would help.
To start with - at $3 a pop, a bari-sax reed case is cheap from one of the mail order houses. Just get it.
Beyond that, I'd follow his advice to let the reeds dry in open air, upside-down the first 5 or 6 times you use them, and after each of the wettings (once they're fully dry), shave the table of the reed <i>very</i> lightly with your reed kinfe. Finally, after the 6th day, seal the heel of the reed by sanding it down a bit - hard. (Put the sandpaper on a flat hard surface and move the reed, not vice versa.) Beyond that, I'd recommend buying the book.
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