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Re: Reeds not consistent

Author: pseudoobe
Date: 2005-03-26 01:27

First I am not an oboe player, but my wife took it up 2 years ago after a 50 year recess. She is taking lessons from an oboe specialist at a local university. The instructor works with reeds but does not make them-she is knowledgeable. We tried numerous over-the-counter sources/makers and gave up. My wife is now using only professional level reeds - her reduced frustration is worth the money. My wife's instructor uses and recommended Reliable Reeds (www.reliablereeds.com). This has seemed to be the most consistent reed source. Although she had had several that had problems. He has about a 6-month waiting list to get onto and you need to take one reed per month. The other source that had been consistent until the last order is North Texas Oboe Reeds & Cane (www.oboereeds.safeshopper.com). Two of the four reeds ordered had problems. Another possibility might be www.oboeworks.com. Their Professional Oboe Reed Z did work. We had two Charles Pro oboe reeds that were unstable and sent them back. They were very good about service. My wife is playing a Yamaha 411 oboe and her embouchure is refined enough that it is not a problem. We store her reeds in a plastic tupper ware container that contains a salt solution to maintain 75% relative humidity. Most of the reeds we gave up on would not crow a C in any octave. I realize that cane must be extremely variable, but I suspect quality control of finished reeds gets lax. Hope this saves you some of the grief that we had.

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