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Pages of good clear illustrations
help you to get it right immediately.
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on picture to see sample page.
We don't show you how to make
an oboe reed - just how to make it work for you.
Is your oboe reed problem here?
1. The bottom notes are unresponsive and difficult
to play quietly.
2. The middle register is unclear or "stuffy".
3. Tonguing and staccato are poor or difficult. Tone in upper
register is generally a little fuzzy.
4. Notes in the top octave are "fuzzy"
or unresponsive.
5. The tone is too "dark" or heavy
throughout all registers.
6. Too much cane has been removed
from the heart of the blade and the tone is too thin.
Appendix.
To wire or not to wire?
Adjusting the tip opening by using wire.
The author, Dr Sandra Downing, is an expert oboe reed maker. Her brilliant
little pocket book also covers scraping techniques; adding adjusting
wires and reed health.
British Double Reed Society reviewer Graham Salter says of the Oboist's
Reed Doctor: ".....Any pamphlet which encourages young players
to think about the quality of their reeds is doing a good job.
Clear line drawings present one simple thought per page."
 Why
not buy it now and get rid of those oboe reed problems?
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