Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2018-12-28 21:41
Agree with Chris. It seems to me that, if warpage is not a problem, then the entire reed may as well be wet, or maybe it even should be. Before practice, I immerse my reeds in a glass of water and let them float there for anywhere from several minutes to a half hour, depending on how disorganized I am that day. They're intentionally wet through when I play them. I don't seem to have any warpage problems, though admittedly I might not recognize the difference between a warped good reed and a just bad reed.
After use, the reeds dry out in the open, flat side up, and NOT forced onto a flat surface - if they want to be warped when dry, I don't care, as long as they are flat when wet.
When I find my understandings conflict with those of someone like Ed Palanker, who has my full respect and automatic benefit of the doubt, I have to wonder, how can this be? If I can't resolve it by reading then it gets chalked up to the vagaries of quantum mechanics experienced on the road less traveled.
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