Author: Barry Vincent
Date: 2014-08-14 03:28
It's interesting how the basic procedures of old have been forgotten , in this case the preparation of new reeds.
To close up the tiny 'tubes' within the cane you 'burnished' the dry reed by laying it on a piece of plate glass , positioning near the edge of the glass, but making sure that the reed edge did not overhang the glass, and then , using a ROUND pen, you pressed on the reed, from the lower area of the cut, towards the tip. This very effectively closed up the tiny 'tubes' making the reed far more less likely to become 'water logged'. At the same time , this procedure seemed to prevent the tip from warping after it dried out after use.
Whilst having the plate glass out, you also got a piece of newspaper paper, a section that hadn't any printers ink on it. (Poisonous) and you polished the back of the reed to make it shiny. This also helped to make the reed water resistant.
When I was using cane reeds before I went over to the synthetics, I always did this with new reeds and they definitely lasted a lot longer.
BJV
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