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Author: mjfoboe
Date: 2009-09-26 18:31
Well people a very funny thing has happened on the way to reed making.
My reeds have been curing for the last 5 or more days; And voila - their characteristics have become more pliable!
Where I thought - I maybe had 2 concert quality reeds during my slump - now maybe 5 or 6!?! (still not the 75% or better success rate I usually have) out of ten.
So what happened and will it last?
From my point of view - the cane changed after sitting and playing and/or the environment/climate changed or both. Could my old batch of ten year cane - just aged very well which permitted a different breaking in process? Is this cane newer and ..............?
Right now in the NYC metro area the temperature has begun to drop slightly. Although in my reed making room (where I have a hydrometer to measure relative humidity) has been in the range between 49 and 55.
Now I noticed a similar phenomena with a reed that I made a few weeks back - which after time it became very playable with good characteristics. Initially, the reed was not good.
I usually make reeds over two to three days. I wondering now - whether I need to extend the reed making period.
Is it possible that we give upon a reed to soon? This has happened a few times in the past too. I remember reeds that very bad in one season only to blossom on another season.
The reeds are still not quite what I am accustomed too but close enough - and somewhat acceptable in a performance environment.
Comments? Speculations?
Mark
PS:This weekend I begin to use different gouged cane to test out the gouger theory. I should call this my Oboe Reed making Blog!
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