Re: Oboe Reed Shortage

    
Re: Oboe Reed Shortage    21:48 on Tuesday, May 13, 2008          

blueeyedbassoon
(264 points)
Posted by blueeyedbassoon

Wow. It'll be hard for me to find new reeds cause the local music stores only carrie Jones and Emerald, but I hate Emerald reeds and currently use Jones. Maybe this is a sign to tell me to start making my own reeds.


Re: Oboe Reed Shortage    17:44 on Thursday, May 15, 2008          

iluvoboe565
(442 points)
Posted by iluvoboe565

Yikes! I buy Jones reads and my teacher helps my improve them... I guess know he'll have to teach me how to... mua ha ha!


Re: Oboe Reed Shortage    11:34 on Saturday, May 17, 2008          

oboeteacher
(25 points)
Posted by oboeteacher

The reason there are no more Rico reeds is that Jones made those too. Best out there that I have found are Lesher and Emerald and Fox. My students use them, and I also play them in several local orchestras. You can buy a lot of different reeds from Advantage USA. Try .com for them and it should come up.
Don't be timid about trying all brands. You may find something that works for you. It takes several years of learning to make reeds to become "reed independent" so in the meantime at least there are options.


Re: Oboe Reed Shortage    22:03 on Sunday, May 18, 2008          

anr
(31 points)
Posted by anr

You can buy hand-made reeds online; they're usually much better anyway. Oxford reeds are my current favorites. Check out reedreviews.net for information about reed suppliers.


Re: Oboe Reed Shortage    09:41 on Saturday, May 24, 2008          

AnnD
(5 points)
Posted by AnnD

I like Dunkel reeds. They take a while to break in but last quite a while.

http://www.stuart-dunkel.com/ocr/index.htm


Re: Oboe Reed Shortage    14:18 on Saturday, May 24, 2008          

iwan
(23 points)
Posted by iwan

- JONES?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! WHY?!! Thankfully I stopped taking up oboe years ago! WHY, CRUEL WORLD?! Jones was my favorite store-bought brand though... Quick! Everyone-- run to eBay! Someone MUST have some hidden somewhere! -

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha~ LOL! i just cant stop laughing



Re: Oboe Reed Shortage    14:30 on Saturday, May 24, 2008          

iwan
(23 points)
Posted by iwan

My place even harder to find..n expensive too..so, i buy them from my teacher (he makes his own)..i think, the best way is to learn to make our own reeds..but for me, i'll have to spend lots of money for that purpose (import the cane n the tools)


   








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