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Re: Reed sensitivity

Author: WoodwindOz
Date: 2014-06-28 06:36

I vote for the Marigaux as well. While I am a relatively consistent reedmaker, I am also fairly new to it (3 years). I think the Marigaux encourages me to keep trying, rather than highlights anything that isn't quite right. I am not in this to be a professional, I just want to play well and sound good in whatever amateur orchestra I am playing in.

And I wouldn't worry about 'sound the same' - in the studio when I was in the US, another student had a 901, similar vintage. She was a long scrape player, I was a short. She sounded more 'American', I sounded more 'European'. We did not sound the same.

Think of it like suspension in a car - harder suspension allows you to 'feel the road', and all the bumps along with it, softer suspension cushions your ride. It just depends what you are after. It sounds like you have come to the conclusion that the harder suspension in an oboe is not for you, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Rachel

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