Doublereed Archive - Posting 000029.txt from 2003/09

From: "Geoff Pearce" <oboist2@-----.au>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Re: Oboe Reeds Strength & Philosophy
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 04:27:06 -0400

Dear Sameer, pleased you have ordered the book and I am sure you will
find it useful. About French scrape - well I have seen other posts which
should help. I have never used it, so have no experience to help you with
there. Whenever I have tried on someone elses reeds, never been able to
produce the sound I hear in my mind's ear!
Actually the advice Jennifer gave you (and others mentioned) is as sound as
any you could get - If you have a conception of the type of sound you want
to achieve, then a particular reed style might make it a bit easier, but
basically your sound tends to lean towards what you are hearing internally -
More important I find is whether or not you learn to play in tune with one
reed style or another, how comfortable it is to play, what the response to
the tongue or finger movement is, and the ability to be able to play almost
any interval with relative ease.
Sounds easy, but most of us mere mortals are still trying to get such a
reed - I know I am.
All the best and happy oboeing
Geoff Pearce
-------Original Message-------
From: doublereed-l@-----.edu
Date: Wednesday, 3 September 2003 6:45:58 AM
To: doublereed-l@-----.edu
Subject: Re: [DR-L] Re: Oboe Reeds Strength & Philosophy
Dear Geoff,
The book you mentioned "The Oboe Reed Book" by Jay Light is available at
forrestmusic.com and I have already ordered it. But thanks for yoru generous
offer!!
I was wondering if there is a book that shows how to make French Style Reeds
Do you know any???
Regards
Sameer Al-Abdullah
Dear Sameer - a book you might find helpful - I did (and I
came from a
totally different scrape to this one, and had to teach myself)
is "The Oboe
Reed Book" by Jay Light - I am not sure where you can
purchase it from
but its published out of Drake University in Iowa USA. It
advocates one
of the American Scrapes around, but the information contained
within, and
with a lot of practise, will see you producing servicable
reeds. There
are many other books out there, and a web search will reveal
heaps, but I
understand your isolation, frustration etc, so the book I
mentioned might
help. If you cant get a copy, let me know and I will send
you mine if
all else fails.
All the best
Geoff Pearce
(Sydney Aus! tralia)