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reed making

Author: Vallemar2
Date: 2009-02-13 21:25

I think I have a relatively common dilemma. I don't know if I should be investing time to make reeds right now.

Realistically speaking I have about an hour a day to devote to the oboe maybe a little more; its a hobby. One that I really love but still a hobby.
And I am picking it up after many years of not playing; now I'm over fifty; I have a demanding job kids husband and the whole catastrophe as they say.
Finally my lip is back into some sort of shape; the breathing is coming back although it took longer than I thought it might

So I do want to learn to make reeds and I know some people say it's a must (making your own). But I also need the practice time; so far I sometimes have been lucky to get an hour a day in straight for practice but more often it's split up into chunks of 20-30 minutes.

Until I retire (probably another 8 years or so) I probably won't get more time than that. I have the reed making stuff to start with gouged and shaped cane. I can tie a good blank most of the time but I haven't had a lesson with a real live instructor. And I am arranging to do that but before I start I want to know if it's realistic to go forward with it.

Is there a short "intensive course I could take; like three day weekend; to get a handle on some of the rudiments of reed making and then maybe get a lesson once every 1 or 2 weeks to keep me going in the right direction? Should I start by learning how to adjust reeds I already have?

I recently have found a reedmaker I really like (I get them mailed to me) and I know I won't be making reeds I like better than his for some time.

Is it even possible to learn how to make decent reeds on such a limited schedule?

Maybe this is all just cold feet.

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