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Re: Question about keeping EH in tune

Author: oboi
Date: 2024-10-26 08:46

Buy a longer bocal or adjust your reeds. Pulling out the bocal will cause a gap in the reed well that will mess up your tuning. Alternatively, you can buy EH-sized spacers that will fill up that gap if you do have to pull out your bocal. I have a set for my oboe but I rarely use it because it's extremely easy to lose. It works when you're desperate to be a little flatter (the first two sizes are good, but the larger rings mess up the intonation too much).

I have multiple sizes of bocals. Since the reeds I make aren't entirely consistent (with EH, almost anything plays), I do choose bocals based on the reed I have for pitch considerations.

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