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RE: Curing Reeds in Glove Box

Author: Bob
Date: 2002-08-15 12:38

GBK...I'm not laughing because I was thinking about this last night and decided it was not a good idea. There must be starch or sugar in reeds along with a certain degree of moisture and I think microwave is a bit too severe a way to cure. I could believe that glove box, regular oven, or sun curing might convert the starch/sugar thus making the reed less prone to size change ergo warping and ultimately "sogging". The photo that appeared in an earlier post would seem to indicate a very complex microstructure that microwave might damage. The usual reed conditioning practice of soaking in water leads me to believe that it simply dissolves the starch/sugar leaving just the cell structure i.e. the skeleton.
Now...impregnate the skeleton with a polymer and cure that and you might have something.

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