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Re: BAD REED?

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2012-12-29 19:39

Laurie, that's completely out of my experience - I don't think I've ever had a reed bow that way (that I've noticed) as a result of drying it in or out of a case, so I can't really comment on what to do about it.

I'm not sure what "noticeably high in the middle" means - when you lay the reed on a flat surface are the ends on the surface and middle bowed away from it, or the opposite? Are you noticing this after you've wet the reed or before? How does it affect the play-ability of the reed? If the center is a little bowed away from a flat plane, the ligature may actually flatten it. Many French mouthpieces are made with a concave area across the table *in theory* to provide more bounce to the response when the ligature pushes the reed down into the depression. So with many mouthpieces, the reed doesn't sit flat against the table to begin with.

If the middle of the reed sits on the table and the ends are pulled up away from it, I can imagine there would be response issues similar to the more common longitudinal warping.

Have you checked to be sure the reeds aren't warped in the way you describe *before* you dry them (which would be a result of stress while playing them, not warping while drying them)? I have had reed vamps bend toward the mouthpiece from playing on them, especially if I've gotten tired and start biting toward the end of a session.

Karl

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