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 Re: soak or suck
Author: Chris P 
Date:   2011-06-27 19:59

Soaking reeds always works better for me too. There are enzymes and other things in saliva that aren't great for reeds and giving them a soak in warm or hot water gets them working much better and far quicker than sucking them which seems to take at least twice as long to get them to work.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010

The opinions I express are my own.

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