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Re: "stuff" in the sound

Author: hautbois francais
Date: 2010-07-05 23:05

Reed making is an art not an exact science. Making a good reed to fit you and your oboe is a lifelong endeavor.

I would concentrate of the tip and the sides of the tip for the "stuff" in the sound u are getting. It takes a lot of patience to get the tip even on ALL 4 sides. This is the art, as is is quite impossible and use a micrometer to measure everything out. Decades ago, I had even made reeds under a SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) to try to get things just right......even a "so called" bulit-perfect reed is not so when you play it. That is the art.

The perfect reed is one that produces the sound you want, everytime and does the job consistently.

It does take a certain character/resilience to choose the oboe as an instrument of choice.

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