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Reed Making: How to Make a Reed Blank

About this Lesson

  • Type: Video Tutorial
  • Length: 12:40
  • Media: Video/mp4
  • Posted: 06/14/2007
  • Use: Watch Online & Download
  • Download: MP4 (iPod compatible)
  • Size: 66 MB

This lesson is part of the series: Beginner Reed Making

Bob Atherholt, principal oboist in the Houston Symphony and professor at Rice University, knows how to make a good reed. In this video we will follow Bob as he takes a raw piece of cane and transforms it into a musical instrument.

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Bob Atherholt
Bob Atherholt
3 lessons
Joined:
09/07/2007

I live in Houston, Texas with my wife, Melissa Suhr and 3 puppies, Target, Calvin and Prada. I love performing for the Houston Symphony and teaching at Rice University almost as much as I love Melissa's cooking :)

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Nopic_orng
Reedy or not
10/21/2008
~ kai

Reed making is complex but relaxing and fulfilling. Bob gives detailed breakdown on the process from start to finish on making a reed blank as part of a series of lessons on making a Reed.

Nopic_blu
Reed Making: How to Make a Reed Blank
04/15/2008
~ lee_rudnick

overview is good. camera work and lighting is poor. process is shown too fast. some demonstrator's comments are mumbled/garbled. process should be shown and described slower with intermitent completion points available to show like a cooking show.

This lesson has not been reviewed.
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Nopic_orng
Reedy or not
10/21/2008
~ kai

Reed making is complex but relaxing and fulfilling. Bob gives detailed breakdown on the process from start to finish on making a reed blank as part of a series of lessons on making a Reed.

Nopic_blu
Reed Making: How to Make a Reed Blank
04/15/2008
~ lee_rudnick

overview is good. camera work and lighting is poor. process is shown too fast. some demonstrator's comments are mumbled/garbled. process should be shown and described slower with intermitent completion points available to show like a cooking show.

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