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Re: Octave box inserts

Author: HautboisJJ
Date: 2010-02-18 14:31

Hello Mark,

Notice that i mentioned Marigaux excepted, because in fact Marigaux oboes seem to not need this kind of special treatment so much, and my reeds with Chiarugi no. 2 staples (narrower staples) works well with them. (I have 2 M2s and 2 2001s in my oboe studio)

I use 11mm diameter tube cane, so i have no problems with reeds being too open, sometimes even too closed. I don't use a wire and i do not overlap. I gouge 57-60 depending on cane quality and my gouging machine has a side ratio of .18. I have used shapes as wide as -2 and as narrow as -1. I have tried scrapes as short as 8mm to scrapes as long as, well, as long as can be. I have tried many many good reed makers for short scrape reeds. I even tried American style reeds! As you can imagine the sound concept is simply way too far away from how i want to play, but the reeds absolutely work (courtesy of Cooper Wright).

Interesting that you use a 45mm staple. This itself approves of what i mentioned in my post about the seller's recommendations. Let's see what happens!

Regards,
Howard

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