Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2012-01-01 16:27
Let me play the devil's advocate here a bit, and ask why you would WANT to play short scrape reeds at this point (even if you played something like that years and years ago)?
If you are in the U.S. (which your ISP seems to say you are), long scrape reeds are the standard. Are there working/teaching oboists in the U.S. today who do not use long scrape reeds? I am not aware of any, but there may be.
There is one contributor to this board (WoodwindOz) who is from Australia, but studying for a few years in Illinois. She is a short scrape player, and perhaps she could help us all understand the situation with playing short scrape reeds in the U.S. Rachel?
But unless I just don't have my finger on the right pulse, I hope you would consider making the switch to conventional American reeds right now, before you get yourself boxed in by the non-availability of reeds that are uncommon in this part of the world.
Susan
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