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Re: Weird Reed Degradation...

Author: Clariphant in Bb
Date: 2007-01-27 00:54

Well, I dried out one of the reeds completely, and it turned out to be a combination of the moisture affecting the light's penetration and dead lip tissue on blocking out light on other areas (ewwww!). I still have a question though. Throughout this escapade, I've noticed that the reedguard leaves a slight indentation about a half centimeter above the center of the lower curve of the "u" shape on the reed. It appears that after soaking them, the problem goes away (not sure if it actually does or if it just gets harder to see). I haven't had any tone issues from this as far a I can tell, but would it be a good idea to store the reeds more loosely in the reed guard? I have a Protec reed case I could use instead, but it's hard to quicly store the reeds in there without grazing the edge of the plastic. The indentation is below the area where the reed starts separating from the mouthpiece, so would it even affect tone?

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