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Whys and wherefores of reeds :)

Author: Julia
Date: 2002-06-17 01:44

Hello all--
I've been playing the clarinet for a while now--I just finished my second year in college--and reeds have neer been that much of deal for me.

I mean I buy a box of reeds (regular vandoren 4) and I can always play them
right out of the box--sometimes one won't sound great, but I'll just put it back and try
again on a different day and its fine. As far as keeping them, I just keep them in the
plastic sleeve thing that they come in in the box. I don't know, it doesn't seem to be a
problem.....it's just that someone mentioned it to me and its got me wondering now. I there something specific to look for? are those cases generally ok for keeping reeds?
Most importantly, could someone please take the time to explain why people store their reeds in a certain way and do various things to them?...and how much of an impact this actually has?

Just for the record: I play on regular vandoren 4's, a vandoren B46 mouthpiece, and a rovner ligature. (the 5V one)

Thanks for all of your evaluations/or advice or whatever!!

Julia

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