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 Re: over soaking reeds
Author: EaubeauHorn 
Date:   2008-12-29 18:03

You have to consider the ambient humidity when deciding how long to soak reeds. For example, in a Midwestern summer's humid climate, just dipping it and letting it stand for a few minutes is entirely logical. However, in the desert Southwest where I live, where there is often single-digit humidity, a simple dip-and-let-stand routine will get you a reed that is remarkably drier than the Midwestern one started out at before dipping. Any water on the reed will evaporate long before it has a chance to soak into the cane. Here in the desert, five minutes is none-too-small a time frame to soak a reed before crow-testing it for readiness.

MA

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