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Re: Vandoren humidity sealing for reeds

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2023-05-29 06:53

In a shorter version than what one sees in the Mark Nuccio video, I play on each reed for about 5min. per day for about four days. As I place them down (flat side up) on a table, I set them in a rough order of how well they play. Oddly (perhaps) the order of playability can change quite dramatically by the last day, but is usually settled by then. At this point I number the reeds but still allow the "concert" order to change as time goes on. These reeds then can be played "all day long" and usually get put through the ringer. I don't have to change out reeds during a day unless there is some catastrophic break.

I store the reeds in those simple plastic reed guards that look like the La Voz aluminum ones from many years past. The only thing I do to maintain humidity is to place the reed guards in a Baggies Sandwich bag just loosely folded over. Before putting this away for the evening I will flick a few drops of water off my finger tips into the bag. A batch of ten reeds can last a month and a half. When they reach their usable life (when they start to sound "brittle") the process begins all over again.

With Legere German reeds (or Euro Cut) I don't have to do any of this. That's is one of the benefits.

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

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