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Re: purchasing reeds

Author: EaubeauHorn
Date: 2013-08-12 15:39

The problem with reeds is that I make "almost finished" ones quite well. What I was never able to do was finish them. I could take them to my teacher and he'd have them perfect in 30 seconds. So there is not much point in getting a reed that I have to finish; I could supply reeds that are not quite finished to other people, and they would be fine after finishing. So you see the problem.

I'm not a beginner, but I gave up on oboe because of the apparent inability to learn to finish reeds. Hence my interest in finding a reed source or possibly a profiler, but it sounds like the profiler doesn't do any more than I can already do on my own, although it certainly would be quicker. Ha ha...I could ruin the reeds at a much greater rate!

You can't finish a reed that is already thin and unstable when you buy it; if I trim the much-too-long tip, the reed will be sharp. I did write the source of the reed but have not heard back, so I assume they are not concerned. Reeds that I like have a crow that first sounds the high C, then with more air an octave lower C sounds. These reeds are exceptionally stable and rich in tone.

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