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 Re: Best Way to Break in and Care for New Reeds
Author: fskelley 
Date:   2014-05-29 09:20

As I continue working with new FOF's, I've brought back the GD's I rejected a couple of weeks ago- and they are better than I remembered. So I think perhaps I've misjudged a good many cane reeds by how they played in a rigorous 5-15 minute session when brand new.

I will keep at it with both types of Gonzalez reeds, and as they casually* break in I hope they play better and better. And I'll probably treat at least a couple of them to a meticulous gradual by-the-book breakin to see if that makes them stand out among their more abused brethren. (When I did that with blues I found no difference.) Clearly some of you think it should make a difference, though perhaps more with some kinds of reeds than others... FOF being one of the sensitive ones? GD (like V12) not?

Also, compared to previous new reeds, I'm being more careful about too much ATG adjusting for strength (not balance) too early in the process.

More findings later.

*I tend to play a new or newish reed until it degrades (Karl's description of what happens is spot on), then I pick up another. I find they last longer each new day, though perhaps never as long as I'd like. Maybe I am being a bit more careful about that nowadays than in the past- that is, I swap reeds on less provocation. And I do look at the clock a little on a brand new reed. But I'm not keeping records on how many days, how long etc.

Stan in Orlando

EWI 4000S with modifications

Post Edited (2014-05-29 21:26)
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