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End of Life for Reeds

Author: chamberguy
Date: 2016-10-28 02:30

I can't tell very well when a given reed has gotten past its prime. So I have this method, which I'd like to replace. Each month, I prepare four reeds that I think are excellent, and I number them mm-1,mm-2,mm-3, mm-4, where mm is the month.

Whenever I start to play, I use a different reed from the last time, going through 1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,1 etc. At then end of a month, I throw away all four reeds and start over. Unless a reed is really bad sometime in midmonth, it is common for me to be happy with each of the four throughout the month.

How best to tell if a reed is caput? I use the ATG system from Tom Ridenour, and I do verify that each reed is still balanced and can go through the middle C, G, E and high A both loudly and softly.

How do you players do this??

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