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Re: Soaking Reeds

Author: OboeAtHeart
Date: 2004-04-01 00:04

We tried soaking reeds; it makes them very flat and almost impossible to get good response out of them. Usually I'll stick them in my mouth for about 2 minutes before I play, and the response will be a little shaky until I get warmed up; then it's fine..

I was told you shouldn't soak your reeds at all because it'll cause the cane to warp...

Oy, I'm confused.

-Jen.

*~"The clarinet, though appropriate to the expression of the most poetic ideas and sentiments, is really an epic instrument- the voice of heroic love."~*

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