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Re: Reed making books for Beginners

Author: RobinDesHautbois  Date:   2011-03-20 13:32 HOWARD, YOU ARE A GOD-SEND! Notice that the guy is American too! Some will complain that he is a bassoonist and that oboe reeds are a completely different matter.... to that I answer using the memorable words of our past Prime Minister P. E. Trudeau: FUDDLE-DUDDLE!! Cane is not a high density polymer, it is not an engineered alloy, it is not temperature and time controlled glass formation! What he said about the best reeds needing the least time to make is SSSSOOOOOOO TRUE! However, a few weeks ago I re-worked a reed that was dying (I blamed it on green cane) and it worked great.... now green cane usually means it will not work again without more rework every time I use it, but with my wisdom tooth just pulled out, I'll have to wait 2 weeks to test it again! Bassoon reeds are 2 arched (arced? arked?) pieces of dense grass tied together and scraped such that they can produce sound in response to air and pressure from the lips and tongue. Oboe reeds respond to EXACTLY THE SAME LAWS OF PHYSICS. The shape is different, so the particular details of making them work are different, but the basic principles are identical. I need to find a way to link this to my blog!!!!! Just so I don't loose the link: http://vimeo.com/5592982 Robin Tropper M.A.Sc., B.Mus., B.Ed. http://RobinDesHautbois.blogspot.ca/music

Topics	Author	Date
Reed making books for Beginners  new	OboeLover4Life	2011-03-16 19:28
Re: Reed making books for Beginners  new	RobinDesHautbois	2011-03-16 19:53
Re: Reed making books for Beginners  new	ohsuzan	2011-03-16 19:58
Re: Reed making books for Beginners  new	GoodWinds	2011-03-17 16:16
Re: Reed making books for Beginners  new	Mike Hopkins	2011-03-18 19:02
Re: Reed making books for Beginners  new	Oboe Craig	2011-03-18 21:22
Re: Reed making books for Beginners  new	ohsuzan	2011-03-18 21:42
Re: Reed making books for Beginners  new	Oboe Craig	2011-03-18 21:53
Re: Reed making books for Beginners  new	hautbois francais	2011-03-19 01:06
Re: Reed making books for Beginners  new	Oboe Craig	2011-03-19 03:07
Re: Reed making books for Beginners  new	hautbois francais	2011-03-19 05:43
Re: Reed making books for Beginners  new	GoodWinds	2011-03-19 06:13
Re: Reed making books for Beginners  new	hautbois francais	2011-03-19 12:53
Re: Reed making books for Beginners  new	johnt	2011-03-19 14:47
Re: Reed making books for Beginners  new	Oboe Craig	2011-03-19 17:49
Re: Reed making books for Beginners  new	johnt	2011-03-19 18:11
Re: Reed making books for Beginners  new	Oboe Craig	2011-03-19 21:04
Re: Reed making books for Beginners  new	johnt	2011-03-20 00:00
Re: Reed making books for Beginners  new	Oboe Craig	2011-03-20 03:42
Re: Reed making books for Beginners  new	Wes	2011-03-20 06:09
Re: Reed making books for Beginners  new	RobinDesHautbois	2011-03-20 12:41
Re: Reed making books for Beginners  new	JRC	2011-03-20 12:55
Re: Reed making books for Beginners  new	HautboisJJ	2011-03-20 13:13
Re: Reed making books for Beginners	RobinDesHautbois	2011-03-20 13:32

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