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Re: Need help with flat EH!

Author: Jaysne
Date: 2008-02-19 11:20

mschmidt wrote:

> It seems the problem may have been playing only a few notes.
> Your reed might be pretty open after being dry for a few months
> and then soaking. On my oboe, I have to warm up a good fifteen
> minutes before my in-tune reeds are in tune.
>

Dear Mike,

Very interesting. Can you describe to me how that works: 1) the reed gets very open after not being played for a while, and 2) how this would cause it to play flat?

Jim

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