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 Re: Favorite store-bought/online reeds?
Author: vboboe 
Date:   2009-03-02 08:14

two things

1. anybody can learn anything they want and become an expert at something, all by themselves, if they apply themselves to it -- remember that american style reed-making was originally invented by a guy called Tabuteau who could think for himself using his experience of *different* reed-making techniques which he *transferred & adapted* until he was able to make a new style of reed with the tone qualities he wanted

-- but, the learning or experimental curve is always full of trial & error, and there's much wastage of expensive and dwindling natural resources (oboe cane)
-- today, a reed-teacher is any student's fast-track, very helpful
-- but not absolutely essential IF the student is already very handy with knife-crafting other small things in wood, these are transferable fine motor skills

2. Reedmaking 101

Pre-requisite -- demonstrated ability in gross & fine motor skills using knives
(an example of fine motor skills -- whittling)

it's unwise and unsafe to assume that today's pampered and over-protected kids are competant in knife skills of any kind -- for example, who needs to bother learning basic kitchen knife skills to prep raw food from scratch when conveniently packaged individual meal portions of all kinds are so readily available?

oboe (or French horn or tuba ...) embouchures aren't built in a day
neither are fine motor knife skills
reed-making demands refined knife skills
and it doesn't magically happen overnight
so why waste oboe cane on knife klutzes?
build their basic knife skills first on something cheaper and more readily available
do that before entering reed-making class

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