Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2018-12-26 05:24
fernie121 wrote:
> I avoid getting the butt of the reed wet at all cost. No need
> to as it’s not the part flexing on the facing right?
>
Well, his rationale, I think, was that it would wick up through the fibers without damaging the surface area or disturbing or distorting the reed's "parabolic design" (the profile across the vamp). He claimed it *prevented* warping (against Tobin's experience) and that vamp-down wetting promoted it.
I'm not so much interested in the arguments pro or con as I am in players' experiences with his approach.
Tobin, I imagine the "vascular bundles" (his term) of hand-made reeds might be more open at the butt end than in commercially finished reeds, so that may be a valid point. I gather from your reply that you actually got water to wick up into the vamp so you weren't, in effect, playing a dry reed. I can't even get that far. I actually tested before-and-after, playing first on the dry reeds for a few notes and then again after leaving them butt-down in the water (he recommends a half-inch). No difference, and there was no feel of any degree of moisture in the tips after wetting. Were your results different?
I don't know what would have happened with a longer wetting period (but how long? 10 minutes? 15? longer? - I may experiment more), but then it begins to verge on becoming impractical.
Karl
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