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Re: New Reeds

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2019-03-23 02:44

Cane is a natural material and by nature is variable. Within a box of Vandorens (for example) you probably will find six or seven usable reeds (four of which will be really good), and the last three are usually too dull, thuddy, mushy or generally not playable.

I typically open a box, break in all the reeds (five minutes on each, each day) for about four days, then rotate each usable reed one day at a time (so in six days I'd go through all six usable reeds, then the seventh day I'm back to the first reed again). Usually I get a month or so use out of this arrangement before beginning to break in a new batch (box).

That is with really heavy use, practice sessions, rehearsals, and performances.

As a student I would highly recommend having a four reed minimum (buy one of those inexpensive plastic LaVoz reed holders that holds four reeds) through which you rotate through them within a four day period. This way there is no "shock" plucking a new reed from a box when your old reed just dies. It also helps shape your perception of the realities of cane and what you need to do to deal with those variances.

.................Paul Aviles

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