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 Re: Reed Questions!?!?
Author: Dutchy 
Date:   2010-04-21 14:55

No. I have never heard of oboe reeds abruptly giving out in the middle of a performance (although of course other oboists' mileage may vary). There's a gentler curve there, where you gradually become aware during practice times that this particular reed will soon be giving up the ghost, and you get a new reed out of the box and start breaking it in. Generally, depending on how long you play every day, for people who play for hours and hours every day, I would estimate that you have about a one-week grace period to realize that this reed has about had it.

ETA: Every oboist does, however, bring spare reeds to performances, but this is more to guard against accidental breakage issues rather than the problem of a slowly-wearing-out reed suddenly quitting on you. They don't generally work like that, you usually have plenty of warning that it's about done.



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