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Re: Relationships between tip opening, staple, etc

Author: EaubeauHorn
Date: 2022-04-23 23:11

Interesting query because I have somewhat of the same problem, but I gave up trying to make reeds and am still trying to buy ones that are usable, with very limited success since I am in moderately high desert with near-zero humidity much of the year. Reeds made in a humid, near-sea level climate play like bricks here. Even made at 1000 ft lower altitude in the same climate, same problem. At a recent double reed workshop we had a commercial reed maker from a nearby city at lower altitude who had a table. I took reeds I had bought from him to him to adjust and he was amazed at how different they were from what he had observed when he made them, and had the same problem I did of having them go flat when he tried to get them reasonably playable. I know of no solution to this except that the reed must be sourced from a similar climate and altitude.

On topic with the original post, I'm buying Cor reeds that I like the sound of, but they last only 8-10 hours before they collapse, AND even *while* playing they will dry out and have to be changed for the one sitting in the water. THAT is DRY. If they are stiff enough that they don't collapse within a few hours, I do not get the sound I want out of the Cor (and neither does anyone else with those reeds, made "there" and used "here.") It seems that they *have* to be made in a similar climate and altitude before you can expect them to last.

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