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Author: oboi
Date: 2012-10-25 21:46
Have a "potentially-dead" pile of reeds which you may try over a period of days to see if it is just an "environment" thing. Never just use visual cues, as my ugliest reeds are often the best. In general, when I have a good working reed, I know it is going when the tip starts to close and I have to pinch it open over and over. It will sound weak. If even dipping it in water for a long while doesn't open it any longer, then it goes bye-bye. So, I can easily tell when a good consistent reed dies, because it just becomes harder and harder to play when it was fine before. The unstable reeds -- or the ones that only like to work on a Thursday at 4:05 pm and only in my house.... -- I save for a while, since I don't know if I just need to scrape on it more or it's just a weather thing. Often they will suddenly work again.
So, in general, when the tip closes up beyond helping and where that an additional clip/scrape isn't possible to prolong it for a bit longer.
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