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 Re: John Mack on reedmaking
Author: cjwright 
Date:   2012-11-28 04:03

Not sure why the website won't let me edit my previous post...

David Weber told me to buy the Orcas Island Music Festival DVD four years ago, and while it does go by quickly, the most profound thing I learned was how much he does just by judging the crow.

In the past two days, I've scraped 50 reeds all without testing a single one in my oboe. I spent about 10-15 minutes each. This morning I went through each reed, and played them. About half of them didn't need adjustment, while the other half needed 5 minutes worth of fixing.

I'm not sure about short scraped reeds, but for American reeds, making reeds just by judging the crow is a far more effective way than merely adjusting them by how they sound in your oboe. Your oboe lies. It can hide imperfections in your reeds which you won't discover until the most inopportune time. The crow can hide anything, and if you can't make the crow sound ideal, then chances are you're going to have a good reed.

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