How Oboe Shaper Width Controls Your Oboe Reed’s Pitch, Opening, and Scrape
How Oboe Shaper Width Controls Your Reed’s Pitch, Opening, and Scrape I own a large collection of shaper tips, which […]
Oboe Reed Gouging: Understanding Side Thickness for Better Reeds
Oboe Reed Gouging: Understanding Side Thickness for Better Reeds When we find ourselves troubleshooting an oboe reed that leaks, runs
Oboe Reed Scraping for Beginners: A Three-Line Method
Oboe Reed Scraping for Beginners: A Three-Line Method Learning to scrape an oboe reed is often the most intimidating part
The Art of the Perfect Wrap: A Step-by-Step Guide to Tying Oboe Reeds
The Art of the Perfect Wrap: A Step-by-Step Guide to Tying Oboe Reeds For every oboe player, the journey from
Reed Knife Sharpening, A Guide For Reed Makers
I am very grateful to be able to share this incredibly helpful sharpening guide with website visitors. Thank you to
Review of the Fox-Laubin oboe
Two Great American Oboe Makers Into One; A Review Of The New Fox-Laubin Professional Oboe I recently had the opportunity
An Introduction To Breath Support For Oboists.
What is breath support/Air support? Recently, I had a brief interaction with a young oboist on the IDRS Facebook page
Avoid the double reed making rut
How to Escape a Reed Making Rut We oboists and double reed players, in general, must deal with temperamental reeds
The Internal dimension of double reeds.
The Inside story of the double reed. Understanding how the internal dimensions of a double reed affects its playing qualities.
oboe reed intonation introduction.
Evaluating intonation in oboe reeds. The ability for a musician to play in tune with other instrumentalists is an important
