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Re: reeds with weedy 2nd octave

Author: mjfoboe
Date: 2011-04-19 12:46

Claire,

I don't know where you are located - however, I would suggest that if you have any problems with the scale - you should have the Oboe tuned. RDGwoods is who I would recommend. They have repair people on both the East and West coast of the US.

Now about the timbre/tone on your upper notes - this could be a reed making problem. Do you scrape your own reeds?

If yes, then it seems the tip of the reed is unbalanced and/or too thin - if the tip is unbalanced and too thin - the tone quality will be thin and poor in the upper register.

Also could it be you are making your reeds easy to play by relying only on easing/scraping the tip of the reed?

The tip should have a blend in it - with slightly more cane in the center - something like a fan shape. The sides of the tip should be well defined. To ease the reed - you need to scrape in various areas (blend - back) to get the desired results - which is a whole discussion unto itself ..... maybe this could be another thread to be started - or I will start one.

Mark

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