Five Minute Reedmaker: Tone
OMG the Five Minute Reedmaker is Back! Here’s what I’ve been up to: I have a few videos ready to […]
OMG the Five Minute Reedmaker is Back! Here’s what I’ve been up to: I have a few videos ready to […]
In my new mini-series on tools, I guess I’m working my way through the relatively straightforward ones first – while
I thought, sort of, that I had said everything that could possibly be said about making oboe reeds. Had done
Commercially made reeds – those profiled-cane, shinily-wound Jones and Lesher and Emerald Reeds – have their place. They are designed
After you get to the point where your reed has structure, symmetry, and balance, and you still don’t quite like
A student asked me as we were making reeds together whether I use a U or a W scrape. I
If you live in a place with seasons, you will notice dramatic changes in your reeds a couple of times
I’m getting close to the end of this project. It’s been really fun, and I will keep making these videos
I’m responding today to a note from Jonathan about stability. Stability in an oboe reed is a big concept, and
In this episode: How to use your oboe mandrel to wind an English horn reed Measurements and structures of