Author: JRC
Date: 2015-01-22 19:37
I think it is misguided to point to reeds for all ills. Good reed for one can be terrible to another. One way to test goodness of reed can be simply meaningless to another. In the order of importance, one's skill level, mechanical condition and type of oboe, how one produce sound on oboe, and type of reed one uses dictate problems and solutions.
Religious following of one way or another, especially on reeds and sound, is simply unhealthy, I think. Perhaps that is one of the reasons why there is no oboe soloist in America. Another is, probably more importantly, that it is hard to make living at it in America.
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