Bassoon Reed
Bassoon help, please? How to avoid problems with moisture build-up?
After I have been playing for a little while, and some moisture has collected inside, blowing on the reed produces a VERY annoying popping noise, and moisture comes out of the key holes sometimes. This makes it more challenging to play, and I suppose I could deconstruct it and clean it out each time this happens, but is there a simpler way to solve the problem?
Thanks.
Ok, I’m a bassoonist. When you hear the popping noise, take off the reed and blow through the bocal to clear out the condensation (Or take off the bocal and blow it out fromthe cork side). It gets into the pads because you are laying the bassoon on its side. That makes the water drip onto the pads which will wreck them longterm. Keep the horn up or use a bassoon stand, that will solve the pad problem.
Oh, I reread your post and saw that you asked about the water coming out of the tone holes not the pads. Well, if you don’t have water tubes or they are not deep enough then water will come through the finger tone holes. Just pick up the horn and blow the condensation out. It may be loud, but still less annoying than hearing the pop.
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