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Re: How to get out of a reed slump!

Author: oboist
Date: 2006-11-16 17:50

Hello Shawn!

...the only thing I can tell is ...try not to be too nuts with the reeds.In an other words as Tabuteu use to say we never have a good reed we just try to play good on a bad one.
I used to make some 300 reeds a year in a search for perfect reed.Now I adapted method that says make a reed with good basic qualities-pitch and response and play it! try to adjust to the reed more than adjust reed to you.
You will see that after some minutes of playing on not so great reed you will be able to control it and also nobody will notice difference . Also remember that you sounds the way you want to on any reed.The only things matter how comfortable reed is ,overall responce pitch and flexibility.
Belive me I play in symphony, chamber and have more than a dozen of students and my reeds are really not perfect but I do the job every single day.Another point is to make reeds really fast in order not being depended on them and not tread them with to much of" respect"-:)) It 's just a piece of junk so don't let it ruin your life.
Hope it helps
with really warm wishes

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