Hi. my name is marty and im 14 years old. I love the sound of the bassoon and i`ve longed to play it and i now have the chance! Is there anything i should knw about when starting?
I have another question. Why do people make their own reeds? Is it hard?

don`t think of making reeds until you can play the instrument. It`ll come if you desire it in the future.

Always practice and don`t get discoraged if it doesn`t sound great at first.

Play on.

People make their own reeds so they can fine tune their instrument to do what they want. It is also a great deal cheaper, and can provide higher quality reeds. Don`t worry about making your own reeds for a couple of years, and until you have a good control of the instrument, and you know how you want to make the instrument respond.