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Author: D Dow
Date: 2017-04-13 21:13
https://www.silversteinworks.com/reedcure
Nothing here more than anti bacterial and the feeling that we have to pay for a device that somehow will elongate the life of a reed that is dead before you played. By this I mean once a reed is cut from the tree is is essentially dying. I was going to buy a Silverstein lig at one point but this made me sick..
David Dow
Post Edited (2017-04-13 21:15)
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Author: TomS
Date: 2017-04-13 22:19
Very interesting ... hope this is not "snake oil" ...
I think the sanitizing function of this device was tested and found to be largely ineffective. May have been improperly evaluated ... You can wipe your reeds with hydrogen-peroxide and kill most of the germs. Don't know about the other advantages ...
Would like to hear from a satisfied customer ... If it kinda-sort (or better) works, I'll spring for one! Always will try new gadgets.
The Silverstein ligature DOES get many great reviews, though.
Tom
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Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2017-04-14 02:35
Sellers should read the copy that's produced for them, I suppose by PR companies, more closely.
If "In 5 minutes, it can revive original character of reeds," then why will the curing effect "be diminished as a reed gets repeatedly used?" If it's constantly refreshing (reviving) the way the reed originally played, why does repeated use followed by treatment in Reedcure not result in eternal reed life?
Karl
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2017-04-14 05:05
Let's face it. Silverstein makes good products, but hypes them out of any reasonable proportion and charges astronomical prices for perfectly ordinary gear. Three feet of heavy kitchen twine, at a cost of less than a penny, works just as well as anything, at the small inconvenience of learning to wrap it. The idea that freezing things improves performance has been repeatedly disproved. And reeds deteriorate because the fibers wear our and lose their resilience. Anything that purports to revive dead reeds is a mirage, bordering on a scam.
I've been playing for 57 years and have tried dozens of claimed reed revivers. from eucalyptus oil to sawing 1/4" off the end of the butt to cutting 1/2" off the tip and re-making the vamp. None of them has worked.
As Kal Opperman said: "Schmuck! Go home and practice!"
Ken Shaw
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2017-04-15 18:42
I agree with Ken. A good reed wears out because the grain weakens, Period. I've had many reeds last for months and some that die a few days after playing. Learning to clip, trim, and finish it can bring a good piece of wood back to life because you're making a new tip, the thinnest part of the reed that weakens first. I call it clip and tapper. I have my explantion on by website. It's worked great for me all my reed life once i learned it. Saved hundreds of reeds without using chemicals and on whatever ligature I was using at the time.
ESP eddiesclarinet.com
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Author: dorjepismo ★2017
Date: 2017-04-15 19:51
Agree with Ken on the good products, the hype, and the exorbitant prices, except that I think Behn's reeds are better. Disagree on the kitchen twine, which I've tried. Much prefer this braided silk stuff from Japan that you can get from Die Holzbläser, a nice trustworthy shop with good stuff that doesn't seem to hype. Gotta trust your own experience. Haven't had a lot of trouble with Reed Transmitted Diseases, so I'll pass on the apparatus. Back when I was playing a lot of students' setups, though, I would have considered it. Don't Lithium batteries explode sometimes?
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