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Re: Reed humidity control

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2014-10-25 22:20

fskelley wrote:

> Brad replied, "... The idea being that if a reed goes from
> totally wet (from playing) to totally dry (depending on
> atmospheric conditions), this can happen quickly (not good),
> and it can be a shock on the reed causing it to warp or more
> quickly deteriorate from the extreme contrasts therein...."

Although I have always kind of accepted this, at least regarding overall deterioration, on an intuitive level, I'd love to see a systematic study of the effect that wetting and drying really has on the cane fibers, both in quickly drying situations and ones in which the drying is slowed or at some point stopped by some humidification process. All I have to go on, as is the case for most of us, is my own experience, which I know is not the same as that of some others here.

Intuition is fine, practical decisions based on experience are better, but it would be really interesting to see a demonstration of real deterioration not deduced from the performance of the reed over time, but based on some kind of observation of the cane structure itself.

Karl

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