Last spring I found myself in a conundrum, experiencing something which many bassoonists are all too familiar - reed inconsistency. Living in Rochester, New York means one thing - unpredictable weather.  For example, in April 2016 I awoke to a 30 degrees and a foot of snow just hours before my doctoral recital.  This year’s April (2017) recital, the temperatures were over 70 degrees. The weather’s constant fluctuations (temperatures/humidity) wreaks havoc on reeds; mine were