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 Re: permanently wet reeds
Author: Donald Casadonte 
Date:   2012-08-17 12:30

Bacteria are not the only cause of reed death. There are at least four, such as leeching of the hemicelluloses causing the reed to be less water absorbing, deplasticization of the reed matrix, and salic acid deposition. There is only one fool-proof way I know of to stop reeds from breaking down and that is parylene infusion. Vann Joe is simply trying different off-the-shelf methods to increase reed life. There is no harm in that and perhaps he will hit on a simple method. It is increasingly rare to find such citizen science going on, today. We have become a disposable society. I can't afford to buy box after box of reeds, not at those prices, and I don't live in a climate where Arundo donax grows well so I can't grow my own. I don't mind a backyard inventor trying his luck on lengthening the life of a reed.

I wrote:

"Reed companies hope you never find a way to preserve reeds."

You replied:

"Perhaps so... but several do offer special reed-cases and humidity packs intended to keep any reed functional for a longer time period; whether they are merit-able or not is up to the user. Maybe we'd guess that those purchasable tools are simply a ruse to make money and not more useable reeds over an extended period of time."

Whether or not they are meritable is exactly what my job as a musician/scientist who specializes in reed research is to find out. There is too much anecdotal evidence and not enough good science. I do not work for a reed company specifically because there is so little good research available to the general public that I want my data to be in the public domain and not proprietary. In fact, I am working (health permitting) on a website that will act as a reed resource page and perhaps allow players to help in the science. Granted, musicians have gotten along with basic reed knowledge for 200 years, but reeds are such an interesting material that they can keep the few of us doing research (all five of us) busy for years. Basic science is an end in itself. When that science can be applied, everyone benefits.

Donald Casadonte
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