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Curing Reeds in Glove Box

Author: Kelly
Date: 2002-08-13 00:37

Last spring at the Fullerton Jazz Festival I attended a woodwind masterclass with Ernie Delfonte in which he told a story of a friend who accidentally left a box of reeds in his glove box, and when he found them a month later every reed in the box seemed to be cured and worked great. I had half a box at that time and tried it. I just worked up four last night and each played surprisingly well, hardly needing any work at all. They all seemed to be a bit softer than usual as well. Has anyone heard of curing reeds like that, and do you think it would actually work? When a reed is cured should it feel softer? Does the heat speed up the curing; and then in very high temperatures (130+) would it be possible to leave the reeds in too long and then damage them? How long would be too long if that were the case?
Curiously, Kelly

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Curing Reeds in Glove Box

Kelly

2002-08-13 00:37