Author: WoodwindOz
Date: 2012-04-14 03:03
I'll always keep at least three good playing reeds to one side...but there will always be a favourite in there!
I have one of the large 20-reed wooden cases. I keep my 'current' reeds to one side, then have reeds in varying degrees of working-ness. At the moment next to my three playing reeds, I have about 6 reeds that could be polished up in a couple of minutes if need be, about 5 reeds that still need cane taking off because they are two hard, and a coupe of reeds that are unstable and I am waiting to see if the change in seasons will have any (positive) effect on them!
Slightly off topic, but I have a lot of staples (most recycled from the reeds I used to buy, some bought), probably about 50. All the reeds that have been scraped plus a couple of blanks have staples that have been alphabetised to keep track of which one is which. Of course, there are only 26 letters in the alphabet.
Stupid question: how does everyone else keep track of which reed/staple is which? And for whichever system you use, what do you use when you have run out of letters but still have more staples? I guess I start going into double digits?? :P
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