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Re: reed making

Author: Dutchy  Date:   2009-02-14 03:55 I too am Fifty-something hobby oboist, with no time (or finances) to spend on learning to make reeds, and I have no compunction whatsoever about cheerfully patronizing the many fine reedmakers out there. I figure we both benefit: I get extra time to practice and am freed from the burden of frustration at being unable to make reeds effectively, plus the financial frustration at having to throw away my many inevitable failures, and they receive an income. So I hereby give you permission to stop beating yourself up about your lack of reedmaking skilz. 'Taint necessary. The only people that IMO really *need* to learn to make reeds are the people who are seriously going to go through a lot of reeds, i.e. the pros or semi-pros. When you're practicing 5 hours a day, you really do wear out a lot of reeds, and in that case you can't afford to pay someone $20 a pop. So you need to learn how to do it yourself. But the rest of us who are just puttering around can go pay someone to do it for us. Ladies of Leisure.

Topics	Author	Date
reed making  new	Vallemar2	2009-02-13 21:25
Re: reed making  new	Dutchy	2009-02-14 03:55
Re: reed making  new	Vallemar2	2009-02-14 22:05
Re: reed making  new	vboboe	2009-02-14 06:36
Re: reed making  new	Dutchy	2009-02-14 13:08
Re: reed making  new	jhoyla	2009-02-14 16:14
Re: reed making  new	Old Oboe	2009-02-14 18:05
Re: reed making  new	ceri	2009-02-14 18:33
Re: reed making  new	GoodWinds	2009-02-18 07:28

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