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Short Scrape Woes

Author: robertargoe
Date: 2014-09-12 22:47

I am a 73-year-old who is picking up after 4o+ years. Back then, I consistently made half decent long scrape reeds with lessons from a major symphony performer. Now, I am 100 miles from any teacher.
This time, I gave up on long scrape after at least 50 attempts and have tried to learn the short scrape.
I can produce a 69 mm reed that peeps a "C", crows a "C" and plays a middle "C" in tune on the oboe with good response, good dynamics and a good sound. Anything longer is flat. I use both 47 mm and 46 1/2 mm staples.
However, at the first band rehearsal, even though I was in tune to start, all reeds simply gave in and went embarrassingly flat after sustained playing.
I had to simply stop playing.
Any observations and suggestions would be appreciated.

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