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Re: Reed making

Author: hautbois
Date: 2009-01-28 12:43

My first oboe lesson, when I was 10, was also my first reed-making lesson. I believe that my teacher (who was on the faculty of Julliard at the time) believed that if I would not become engaged in the reed-making process, then I would not really become engaged with playing the oboe. Of course the reed-making process went in very small steps. I was first instructed in tying-on shaped cane. And my teacher would make reeds from the successes in my tying during my next lesson. Then I participated in the rough scraping, and incrememtally began to make my own reeds. Certainly one does not have to approach learning the oboe in this manner; but it is a reasonable approach.
As I have recently retired (some 50 plus years later), I have been selling off supplies. You might contact some professionals in your area or more advanced students and see if they have excess of some items which they would sell you at reasonable prices.
Elizabeth

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