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Re: reed making

Author: Vallemar2
Date: 2009-02-14 22:05

Whoever suggested I might have a bit of guilt trip going on is correct; I keep thinking reedmaking is something I should do. REAL oboists do this.

Now and then I get the time to work on them consistently for a few days then something comes up; the last minute science project, cookies for a bake sale, the need to fill in at work; now it's a ski vacation with a house full of kids to watch over. And the reed making falls by the way side. Seems like you need to have the ability to work at this consistently in order to progress; just like oboe practice

On top of all this ambivalence I found a reedmaker online that I really like; I had been getting machine made reeds before that. Jones and Gower and that sort of thing. So it was an epiphany getting these lovely reeds and a lovely sound (sometimes) and at the same time I was brought down to earth.

I don't know that I will ever be able to make reeds better than this, I do have more money than time ( and I am grateful about that during this economy) and oboe is a "hobby" for me (as passionatly as I feel about it) which I do for personal pleasure only.

Maybe I could learn to pace myself like ceri (one functional reed a month sounds about right!) or at least figure out how to adjust reeds. Once I get to retirement maybe I will dust off all those tools I bought in flurry of enthusiasm.

thanks for making me feel better about letting this one go!

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