Author: Wes
Date: 2012-12-27 05:42
Chick Lehrer, a very good oboe player and professor in the Los Angeles area, seemed to like quite new reeds a lot.
I like older reeds because the raised grain is gone that is often present on new reeds and the tip is finally thin enough to play softly on them, even at the bottom of the oboe. The cane seems to get thicker as one works on them, even though one is trying to thin the tip. Sharp knives are necessary. The raised grain that I see on new reeds acts like a stiffener and I remove it when I see it.
While I've tried 46mm staples, I've had little luck with them, as I've never really had good stable reeds with them. If the pitch is low with a 47mm staple, there are other ways of bringing it up, in my opinion. Of course, no two reed makers seem to do the same thing. Good luck!
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