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Re: Reeds and Water

Author: WhitePlainsDave
Date: 2015-03-25 19:16

Hi Roxann

While I personally do not use a zip lock bag as my container for reed control, there is nothing wrong with doing so, and if you do, you are correct: you store your reeds and Boveda humidifiers in a zip lock bag together, no different than Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Clarinetist Jessica Phillips Rieske shows here:

https://youtu.be/swVSeGSXjCk?t=24s

I prefer to use a very inexpensive clear plastic case from Iris brands, available at places like the Container Store and as shown here:

http://www.containerstore.com/shop/collections/hobby/partsBoxes?productId=10032173&breadcrumbPageTitle=Search

in their X-Large Hinged Box Product (I think: Product 10054861.) I tape two Boveda packs to the inside lid and date them with the day their packaging is first ripped open. When they get hard, I replace them. Inside the case I store reeds (or all brands) on their side, in a Vandoren plastic single reed holder, as found in individual packaged foil Vandoren reed boxes. By putting a piece of cardboard inside the middle of the box's depth, I can make 2 columns of reeds.

I don't claim any musical benefit to this method or sideways storage. It just lets me see which number reed I wish (I number them) faster than going through a plastic bag, while maximizing case storage.

I do not keep open Boveda packs in my clarinet case so as to benefit the instrument. Perhaps others do, although I haven't heard of this. As the pack is capable of giving off moisture, I'd be a little concerned it might damage the velvet in the case. Equally important, these packs work best, and last longest when they spend 99.9% of their time in the kind of sealed environment that a Lock & Lock Storage containter http://www.amazon.com/Lock-1-5-Cups-Removable-Trays/dp/B0028LT9DI provdes, than a clarinet case is clearly not, exceptions like this, which I believe most clarinetists do not need, not withstanding: http://www.lomaxclassic.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=74&products_id=216&zenid=247620ed1a5cc423cd43dba220c8faf0

I might suggest use of a Dampit if you have such concerns with your clarinet, although I don't use one. http://shop.weinermusic.com/STANDARD-OBOE_-CLARINET_-ENGLISH-HORN-DAMPIT/productinfo/XKD1/

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