Author: Ralph Katz
Date: 2022-12-17 22:32
I have Wiseman cases, similar I think to the Howarth - elegant, pricey, and they don't separate the reeds. They are in my cigarbox of spare parts.
It is best to use a case that will hold an entire box of reeds. The Protec case, which holds 12 reeds, seems more practical. I use the extra slots to separate playable reeds and ones that need work, and later on to separate reeds that are ready and ones that are played out.
Following professional videos, I try to break in an entire box all at once. But also, I run them all through a Reed Wizard and get a surprising yield per box.
Protec reed cases are inexpensive enough to have multiple boxes of reeds going at a time. Mine are numbered 1, 2, 3, etc. and I use them in sequence, so that when there are no more performance-capable reeds in box 2, I move on to use box 3, and inter the contents of box 2 in my reed graveyard.
Caveat Emptor - Légère reeds are too thin for the Protec plastic case. They will slide in too far and the tip will be damaged.
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