Author: Oboelips
Date: 2016-08-04 22:10
There are some "How to make an oboe reed" videos online. You can learn to make American or European scrapes. I made my first reed with purchased shaped & folded cane, an instruction pamphlet (the videos are MUCH better) and, since I had no knife, I used a piece of broken glass to scrape with. It worked. I've made far better reeds since, but you've got to start somewhere. My teacher always said that in order to be an "oboist", you had to make your own reeds. If you didn't, you were just an "oboe player". And, he left no doubt that you wanted to be the former and not the latter.
Search for some videos (oboe sites and youtube) and start learning. Even in a rural location, you have to eventually "go to town", and a monthly or bi-monthly lesson then could help keep you from developing bad habits, and keep you going forward.
Remember...in the end, the whole idea is to be able to teach yourself. Be curious.
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