breaking in reeds

[Bluemilk262]

what are some good ways to break in reeds? i learned once but i forgot. and i go through boxes like nothing so if i learned how to break in reeds properly, i could save me some money.

[sw3119]

check out this link to the Saxophone Journal mag.

http://www.dornpub.com/saxophonejournal.html

near the bottom of the page there are links to past articles.

here are two dealing with how to break in and work your reads.

http://www.dornpub.com/SaxjPDF/reed1.pdf

http://www.dornpub.com/SaxjPDF/reed2.pdf

[sax_appeal]

Tom Alexander pointed out to me this very useful article on his website with useful tips for reed massaging:

http://www.superial.com/notes.html

This is the prep and break-in that they recommend.