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Reed Making: Whys & Hows

About this Lesson

  • Type: Video Tutorial
  • Length: 10:01
  • Media: Video/mp4
  • Posted: 07/02/2007
  • Use: Watch Online & Download
  • Download: MP4 (iPod compatible)
  • Size: 52 MB

This lesson is part of the series: Beginner Reed Making

Bob Atherholt, principal oboist in the Houston Symphony and professor at Rice University, explains why reeds are made the way they are.

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Bob Atherholt
Bob Atherholt
3 lessons
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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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Recent Reviews

Nachan_homepage
hard to find diy lessons like this
09/04/2008
~ nachan

This is lesson is great because it is so hard to find any kind of instructional material on reed making. Very clear and informative.

Nopic_blu
Reed Making: Whys and Hows
04/17/2008
~ lee_rudnick

Generally good to a non-player. Camera work and glare a problem. To be consistent with the other titles, it seems the 3 titles should be something like: Part 1 - Making a Reed Blank; Part 2 - Initial Reed Scraping; Part 3 - Almost-Final Reed Scraping

Recent Comments

Nachan_homepage
hard to find diy lessons like this
09/04/2008
~ nachan

This is lesson is great because it is so hard to find any kind of instructional material on reed making. Very clear and informative.

Nopic_blu
Reed Making: Whys and Hows
04/17/2008
~ lee_rudnick

Generally good to a non-player. Camera work and glare a problem. To be consistent with the other titles, it seems the 3 titles should be something like: Part 1 - Making a Reed Blank; Part 2 - Initial Reed Scraping; Part 3 - Almost-Final Reed Scraping

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