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Re: Reed making

Author: d-oboe
Date: 2007-10-28 00:39

you will figure out what works on your own - you just need to keep making tons of reeds.

If there's any advice I can give you in the beginning: make free blowing reeds. That should be your goal for the first month. Don't even worry too much about exact pitch just yet. Make sure that when you blow/crow/squeak the reed outside of the oboe, that it feels comfortable. You shouldn't have to go red in the face.
THEN
Once you've figured that out, you can start clipping the reed to get it up to pitch. Every time the reed feels too hard again, loosen it back up.

Don't get discouraged. Your reeds will probably be short in the beginning, because you haven't figured out how much wood to take off and when, and where- this means you have to compensate by scraping and clipping more.

Most reed shapes are designed to function at a final length of 70mm. Some work better at 71, some better at 69.

Generally though, reeds that are longer (but that are actually up to pitch) are more stable because less cane has been removed, therefore, it is more stable.
When reeds go shorter than 69mm, too much cane has to be removed to ensure correct response, and this sacrifices the intonation of the reed.

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