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Pages of good clear illustrations
help you to get it right immediately.
 Click
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 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 now and get rid of those reed problems? It will cost you no
more than a cheap reed and half the price of a good one, but will be
worth it's weight in gold.
Check the flag for your online
shop.
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