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Re: How to get out of a reed slump!

Author: Oboehotty
Date: 2006-11-18 03:34

Thanks to all who contributed. As usual, I have related the problem to two areas - I will share for those still learning (as I will continue to do!).

I resharpened all of my knives -- swore at them several times, then re-sharpened again. Luck!

I also evaluated a lot of old and new and good and bad reeds -- found that I am scarping too much of a flat plane on a curved object -- hence loosing the overall countour of the reed that helps the sound and vibration. Also, I found I was over refining the reed too quickly (duh!).

I did all of this amidst playing the last two days worth of rehearsal for a Masterworks concert with the symphony -- Bizet Symphony, Brahms Haydn Variations and Mozart Violin concerto! All second oboe -- it was just dandy, except all of those lovely low Dbs in Brahms and that amazingly nasal B natural and C in Bizet! ;-)

In search of the perfect reed, I found none -- however I did identify some laziness in my reed making in time to make several reeds for a concert tomorrow!

Thanks to all who made suggestions -- all appreciated! Sometimes I forget how amazing it is to get paid to play my instrument professionally -- amazing and annoying this profession of ours! ;-)

Shawn

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