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Re: "Soggy Reeds"

Author: jhoyla
Date: 2010-08-05 10:42

Here's the most important piece of advice I can give you -

find a teacher.

while there are excellent resources on the web and in books, there is nothing as good as working with a good reed-maker and learning from him/her, one on one. You get instant feedback about what you are doing right and what you are doing wrong, and you don't develop bad habits. Long-term there can be no doubt - lessons are cheaper than the cane you will throw away.

There are oboe equipment suppliers who sell "beginners kits" that contain all you need to get started.

There is an excellent e-book by Joseph Schalita on the web, and another excellent book by David Webber and Ferald Capps that is back on the market (IMHO the best book there is, for the Philadelphia scrape).

Loads of excellent advice including troubleshooting on Martin Schuring's pages.

But get a teacher.

J.

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