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 Preventing reeds from drying out.
Author: Le9669 
Date:   2011-01-27 02:14

Hello Forum, are there any ways I can prevent my reeds from drying out during rehearsal?

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 Re: Preventing reeds from drying out.
Author: kdk 
Date:   2011-01-27 02:24

Lick them a lot and keep the cap on the mouthpiece during long rests. Or use a synthetic reed.

Karl

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 Re: Preventing reeds from drying out.
Author: grifffinity 
Date:   2011-01-27 03:55

I had a couple of rough weeks in early January at Orch rehearsal. The hall we rehearse in is particularly dry. I started keeping my reeds in one of those LaVoz holders with a piece of Grapefruit peel in a plastic bag (NOT ZIPPED - it can cause too much moisture and mold. Leave the bag open, but you can fold it over to prevent contents from falling out). I found keeping my reeds in this environment simulated the moisture level found in summer - and my reeds can make it through about a 2 hour rehearsal without drying out.



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 Re: Preventing reeds from drying out.
Author: Chris Hill 
Date:   2011-01-27 04:12

I live in a very dry climate, and found that there are two more things that help keep the reeds wet: make sure the bottom of the reed is flat, and use reeds that have less-dense cane. The reeds I use in January would waterlog if I used them in July.
Chris

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 Re: Preventing reeds from drying out.
Author: Lelia Loban 2017
Date:   2011-01-27 11:02

When I'm practicing on more than one reed instrument and I want to leave them all set up so I can switch back and forth quickly, I wrap a piece of damp paper towel around the reeds of instruments while I'm not playing them. To hold the paper in place without disturbing the reed placement, I use a cap a size larger than that instrument would normally need. It's easy and quick to switch the paper towel strip from one clarinet or sax to another. If I were playing for anybody but the cat, I'd go to rehearsal or performance with the paper strips pre-dampened in a plastic bag. At the end of the session, toss the strips and turn the plastic bag inside out to dry for next time -- no mess, no mold growth.

Lelia
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 Re: Preventing reeds from drying out.
Author: David Spiegelthal 2017
Date:   2011-01-27 12:59

See the recent thread on "polishing reeds'.

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 Re: Preventing reeds from drying out.
Author: Ed Palanker 
Date:   2011-01-27 14:38

Several players in my section keep a little glass, cup or whatever of water by their chair and put a little water on their reeds once in a while by just dipping their finger in the water and putting a few drops on the reed. I just keep the cap on my MP when I have rests and lick the reed in my mouth now and then. ESP http://eddiesclarinet.com

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 Re: Preventing reeds from drying out.
Author: susieray 
Date:   2011-01-27 15:39


"Several players in my section keep a little glass, cup or whatever of water by their chair"

You could also turn the clarinet upside down and dip the mouthpiece in a cup of water with the reed still on it......

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 Re: Preventing reeds from drying out.
Author: Bob Phillips 
Date:   2011-01-27 17:24

One of my single reed colleagues is also a bassoonist. He does the "double reed" thing and keeps the clarinet mouthpiece tip-down in a glass of water. A quick suck clears the water from the gap between the lay and the reed, and he's good to go.

Bob Phillips

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