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Re: When to Learn to Adjust Reeds???

Author: d-oboe
Date: 2006-08-04 00:34

It's never too early to learn to adjust reeds. After all, it's what allows the oboe to make sound!

It's all up to you. Do YOU want to make reeds? If so, go for it. However, have realistic expectations. You may indeed ruin a good number of reeds before you get the hang of adjusting. However, if you go about it intelligently, you could have success in under 10 reeds. You have to know as many eventualities as possible before doing a scraping operation. Every scrape of the reed has two outcomes, if not many more. Your job - through experimentation and research- is to find out which operations are beneficial to the reed and which are not.

Some major no-no's:

Using a dull knife. (You CAN NOT get away with this.)
Using a gritty knife. (It will tear up the tip)
Pressing down on the cane.
Scraping the centre of the reed - especially in the tip area.
Ripping off corners.
Clipping too much. (Ending up with a short stubby reed)

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