When to Cheat
I got an email from an oboist a while ago, back before COVID. After thanking me for the reeds I […]
I got an email from an oboist a while ago, back before COVID. After thanking me for the reeds I […]
My Five Minute Reedmaker Season Two seems to be largely about experiments. People ask me how LONG, how THICK, how
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
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 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
This week’s video is about my sorting process: How I organize my reeds to be Medium, Medium Hard and Medium