The perfect oboe reed guide for:
Band directors
Provides a user-friendly, organized presentation, complete with photos and pictures, on oboe reed care. By informing your beginning oboists of the correct procedures for soaking, playing, handling, and storing oboe reeds you may reduce or avoid unneccesary accidents resulting in broken and chipped reeds.
Beginning oboists:
Get a head start in caring for your oboe reeds to avoid reed damage and learn tips to prolonging the life of your oboe reeds.
Parents of young oboists:
Familiarize yourself with oboe reed basics, including where to find oboe reeds, what to look for in an oboe reed- in its design, quality, and results. A section on the process of making oboe reeds is also included, which presents the equipment, tools, expertise, cost, and time involved in making oboe reeds from start to finish.
Private lesson instructors:
The chapter on oboe reed care is a helpful way for instructors to cover all the bases with young oboists from the first lesson. For those who teach oboe as a secondary instrument a section on reed adjustments provides suggestions on problem-solving. Diagrams of reeds and where to scrape for specific problems are helpful for those who wish to make adjustments with a reed knife. Basic adjustments that do not involve scraping the cane are also included.
