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Re: "Soggy Reeds"

Author: mjfoboe
Date: 2010-08-05 02:43

It is wonderful you want to learn how to make reeds.

Beware - it is a costly endeavor - you will need to buy some basic equipment - knife(s), staples, thread, folded and shaped cane etc...........

Then there are hours of work and trial and error ...........................

You need to be compulsive, obsessive, committed and little bit nuts!

If you are motivated and not easily frustrated - then go for it.

In the long run the more control you have over your reeds the easier it is to perform well.

Be warned - I have been making reeds for more than 30 years - and I am still learning - and adjusting - different oboes - different skill level, different awareness of intonation, and more demands on my playing as I have progressed in my abilities .....

Good luck,

Mark

PS: Always in search of the "perfect reed". Does it exist? Or is it a fairytale?

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