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 The thread for the oboist on a budget
Author: WoodwindOz 
Date:   2012-04-20 17:05

Which I suspect is most of us... :P

The purpose of starting this thread is a chance to share ideas (and have them all in one place) of how you have managed to save money by perhaps not buying all of your supplies from a double reed store, by manufacturing your own, by purchasing from alternative suppliers, etc.

In the short amount of time I have been making reeds, I have already found out a few shortcuts, so to speak. And I would love to hear others!

1. Hobby Lobby et al is a wonderful place. Omega Hilo thread is slightly thicker than FF and comes in 88 colours - $3 a 300yd roll (Forrests sells the same roll for around $8). They also have beeswax, wire, pliers and slide rulers in the beading sections - at a fraction of the cost of the double reed stores (and some are identical!)

2. I make my own reed cases. $5-$10 for a hard case wallet, and $1-2 for the internals. I use the ribbon method using card, flannelette and a lot of high-tack double sided tape and contact cement. I can get 17-18 slots in a case.

If anyone knows where I could get a dial micrometer that I don't have to take out a mortgage for (I don't gouge, this is for comparison of pre-gouged cane and I plan to group thickness by thread colour), I am all ears! Under $100, if possible, would be best.

Rachel
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