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Re: Reed Life

Author: Jamnik
Date: 2014-11-30 22:03

The reed topic came up while talking to Tom Ridenour. Although my daughter nor I haven't tried it personally, it does seem logical. I will try to post here what he said to the best of my memory.

A cane reed is organic and although a slow process, saliva will break a reed down once it comes into contact. As the reed is played, the combination of the reed vibrating while the saliva is breaking the cane material down destroys the reed. Playing ff-fff really works the reed and causes damage quicker due to more stress. If you pre soak a reed prior to playing, the life if the reed should be extended. Tom showed me a setup where he had a dry reed placed on his mouthpiece of choice. When he was ready to play he dipped the mouthpiece and reed tip (3/4"-1") into the hydrogen peroxide and then placed a mouthpiece cap over the reed for a 3-5 minute soak period. He said he had good results with this method for extending reed life and also played with much more consistency because variables of reed and ligature placement and ligature tension was eliminated.

At home this sounds feasible but on the road it would not be very convenient.

Jamnik

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