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Author: MSchloss
Date: 2013-03-03 13:16
Aside from tossing them in the garbage... what could I do with a bag full of old reeds? I'm curious to see what others do with their reeds once they are no longer playable. Can they be recycled or are there recycling services in place?
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Author: TJTG
Date: 2013-03-03 15:29
I tried playing them again. I was shocked to find many played perfectly well again! I haven't yet noticed a longevity issue either... but it has only been a couple weeks of rotating 20 something reeds.
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Author: dtiegs
Date: 2013-03-03 17:47
When I get frustrated enough... I watch them burn.
DTiegs
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2013-03-03 17:49
Glue spreaders, wedges, scrapers, epoxy mixing sticks, ...
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: donald
Date: 2013-03-03 17:54
My sister used to make ear-rings out of them.... dangly bamboo things. This was also during the era when she listened to 80's pop music and drank wine-cooler... (the 80's in other words)
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Author: Paula S
Date: 2013-03-03 20:56
How about markers for labelling plants and inserting in plant pots?
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Author: pewd
Date: 2013-03-03 23:04
Compost Pile. After I burn holes in them with a magnifying glass on a sunny day.
- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2013-03-04 04:05
For a long time I've wanted to try making a "Log Cabin" Christmas tree ornament out of old reeds. Also, I recently used an old tenor sax reed as the form for a mouthpiece patch made from electricians' tape.
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: johng ★2017
Date: 2013-03-04 13:30
I once was marketing a reed chipper which chopped each old reed into a fine mix appropriate for adding nutrients to indoor plant soil. Sadly, they are no longer in production.
John Gibson, Founder of JB Linear Music, www.music4woodwinds.com
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Author: Veldeb
Date: 2013-03-04 14:30
I save them and throw them into the bon fire at band camp as kindling :-)
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2013-03-05 00:29
For 40 years, I tossed worn out and unusable new reeds into a plastic bag. When I eventually tried them, they were worse than ever.
Epoxy them together to make a lamp. ![[wink]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie3.gif)
Ken Shaw
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2013-03-05 03:12
>> How about markers for labelling plants and inserting in plant pots? <<
...and they are alreayd labelled! The Vandoren plant, the Rico plant, etc.
Though you'd have to read it upside down
Post Edited (2013-03-05 03:13)
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Author: Ed
Date: 2013-03-07 20:04
Old reeds?
Why not try what some of my school students do- just keep on playing them and playing them and playing them and playing them and..........
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2013-03-07 21:59
A clarinet professor at my old college (both of which shall remain nameless) bragged about using the same reed every day for months. He sounded nasty, and we all wondered why the hell he didn't just GET A NEW REED!!??!!
I keep some old bass clarinet reeds for use on tenor sax in rock or jazz bands. If the old reeds aren't too bad (say, they gave a good performance or two and just got tired or a bit warped) I might throw them in a box and revisit them years later. Some of those end up giving additional useful service; but if they fail to deliver on the second go-around, I'll either throw them out altogether or glue sandpaper on the bottom and use them as baffle scraping tools for my mouthpiece refacing efforts.
I don't intentionally feed reeds to my puppy. It just happens sometimes....
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2013-03-08 00:10
Go to the pet shop and buy yourself a nice cannivore... ![[tongue]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie6.gif)
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Ben
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Author: Buster
Date: 2013-03-08 00:43
Send them to 'Habitat for Humanity', care of Jimmy Carter.
Also, they can be sent south of the border to be used as patches for palapa roofs when they inevitably leak.
-Jason
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2013-03-08 01:07
Nothing's quite as satisfying as showing a bad reed what you think of it:
Mr. Reed, let me introduce you to Mr. Wall.
Ken Shaw
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Author: orangeclarinet
Date: 2013-03-08 21:29
You can "revitalize" your old reeds by taking a toothbrush, using a small amount of toothpaste or mouthwash, or even just water, and gently scrubbing the reed in a vertical movement.
Sometimes the reed plays like new and other times it doesn't work. I do this only for my practice reeds.
And you also may want to set aside a "reed brush"... You don't want to brush reed remnants back into your mouth by using the same toothbrush :S
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