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Re: Vegetarian Friendly Reeds???

Author: Chris P
Date: 2013-05-05 04:13

You can just use standard reeds but simply replace the goldbeater's skin with PTFE tape or plumber's tape which you can get from any hardware shop. It comes in spools and sticks to itself, plus it won't come undone when it gets wet unlike cling film.

Goldbeater's skin is essentially the same thing as sausage skin which is bovine intestinal membrane (a by-product of the meat industry), also used for making gut strings (for harps and tennis rackets) as well as the majority of skin pads on flutes, oboes and clarinets.

If you're not too happy with the idea of having skin pads on your oboe, then you can always have them replaced with cork pads (so it's fitted throughout with cork pads) or synthetic pads for the largest ones instead of the usual skin or leather pads.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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