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Reeds VS Relative Humidity

Author: Sea Galan
Date: 2007-07-09 17:10

There is nothng more frustrating to me than to open a box of brand new reeds and have to go through all of them to find a few that play good. I'm not blaming the reeds but the very low relative humidity we have here in the Phoenix, AZ area. What I do is just soak them in a glass of water for a while before using them. It seems to work for some but others just refuse to play right. Specially the Bb just above the mid A. If that note sounds as if the clarinet has a "head cold" I know that the reed will perform poorly. Cigar afficinados have humidors to keep their precious cigars at the exact relative humidity, is there any kind of divice to keep reeds from drying out when the humidity is as low as we have here. I have also noticed that even the clarinet has a different sound when it is this dry. Any suggestions specially from players in areas of low humidity?

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