Series: Beginner Reed Making

Worth 2 bucks

02/01/2009

~ curtis

I would have liked to have seen the finished product.

Very instructional

10/06/2008

~ Nathan

Author discusses how to scrape and sharp an oboe reed. Several knives of different properties such as sharpness and weight are used, and the author lets you know why he uses each one. He also delves in to how to avoid cutting straight through the reed and also damage control for when there are small splints and/or unevenness in the cuts.

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.

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

Below are the descriptions for each of the lessons included in the series:

• Reed Making: How to Make a Reed Blank

  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.

• Reed Making: Scraping and Shaping a Reed Blank

  Bob Atherholt, principal oboist in the Houston Symphony and professor at Rice University, teaches his method of scraping and shaping a reed blank.

• Reed Making: Whys & Hows

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