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Re: Reed woes...

Author: GoodWinds ★2017
Date: 2012-06-18 17:02

If you are able to have your teacher give a 'second opinion' on these reeds, it would help. Oboists are so notorious for their individuality that the reedmaker may not see your input as entirely credible, so if you can get a good player to also pronounce them 'BAD', then you could submit a more meaningful review.

Of course, you will want them to know that the $$ set-back is not a small one.

I have purchased enough professionally-crafted reeds over the years to know that (a) they're not all perfect (b) they may or may not have something to teach me as a reedmaker (c) that they have different periods of both 'breaking in' and 'wearing out'. One reed (I'm submitting it to Ripley's "Believe It Or Not!") lasted 10 years, and it didn't follow the ideal 'Philadelphia' scrape. One recently-bought reed is already wearing out.

One other thing I would suggest is to keep a detailed written LOG of what works, how long, source, any comments you want to add. It's easier to track both your frustrations and your progress that way, and (hopefully) leads to making the Best Choices in the future.

cheers.

GoodWinds

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