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Does flattening a reed really make it "totally toast"?

Author: nellsonic
Date: 2017-12-29 11:02

In one of his recent videos Michael Lowenstern asserts that flattening the back of a warped reed destroys the heart of the reed:

https://youtu.be/Ycd7YZ4a-fc?t=2m6s

Have you found this to be true? I often flatten the backs of reeds for younger students who are not yet keeping them in a humidity controlled environment and have found that removing even a very slight amount of warpage can greatly increase playability for them. Are these reeds then trash the next day? This is the first I've heard of the problem.

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Does flattening a reed really make it "totally toast"?

nellsonic

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2017-12-29 18:01

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2017-12-29 19:08

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2017-12-29 20:02

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Ken Lagace

2018-03-03 20:46

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2017-12-29 20:26

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nellsonic

2017-12-29 22:47

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kdk

2017-12-30 00:47

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kdk

2017-12-30 01:00

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2017-12-30 02:28

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2017-12-30 06:03

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2017-12-30 07:26

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Ed Palanker

2018-01-02 18:40

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2018-01-04 19:18

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Arnoldstang

2018-01-04 22:38

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kdk

2018-01-04 22:45

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nellsonic

2018-01-05 03:01

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rdc

2018-01-05 19:55

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A Brady

2018-01-05 23:13

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2018-01-06 00:25

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Philip Caron

2018-03-03 21:44

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Ken Lagace

2018-03-05 03:10

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2018-03-03 22:28

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Ken Lagace

2018-03-03 22:31

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2018-03-04 02:58

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2018-03-04 03:28

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2018-03-04 06:34

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2018-03-05 03:03

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