Thanks! Never too old to start ;-)

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Thank you! Now you can look at an oboist in concert and see what exactly went behind that tiny mouthpiece they play on!

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Thanks! Yeah, it's a lot more equipment than people think!

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Thanks! It also works as extra security when walking in dark alleys after concerts ;-)

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Thanks, Pam! I use the KGE profiler which took me a long time to get used to but now I find it helps me save a lot of time (and knife sharpening) to make a reed. Thanks for watching!

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Thank you! Don't you want to go back to reed making now? :-)

@@sharkdoublereeds5878 over my dead oboe！

It takes years to make a playable reed and even then, we have many failures!

Hi Heather! Excellent question. Some musicians throw out the reed if it is not sealing but others will try to seal the reed using plumber's tape!

Thank you so much for your comments! Excellent eye! My profiler is actually a long scrape template but I set it up to only scrape the tip and heart because I prefer to keep working on the tip by hand a bit more after I use the profiler before adding the back. I have to say it took me a long time (and patience) to get used to the KGE profiler. I use the profiler to help me make reeds faster since with long scrape, we take off a lot more cane so it takes forever. It's a nice way to get a feel for the reed quickly and tell if it is worth pursuing or to throw it. I highly recommend a profiler if you would like to save time on reed making! The beauty of the KGE profiler is as I mentioned earlier, you can change how much to take off the tip and back so you can have it customized for your needs. This is the only profiler I have ever used and I actually was in KGE's factory outside of Shanghai when I bought it. It felt like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory but with each door showing a different part of the reed making process :-) Hope this helps!

@@sharkdoublereeds5878 Thank you so much for your prompt reply it's all very informative and helpful!!! I do have a kge profiler with "French" template and a reedsnstuff machine with some long scrape temples but they've been sitting on my shelf collecting dust. Reedsnstuff profiler used to always take too much rails off of my reeds even I just do "pre-scrape" on them like you do, though I've never used a long scrape template on kge. Maybe it's time to give them a second try!!! It's amazing how the oboe world now has a much wider range of acceptance and sense of appreciation on different kinds of reeds, tones, styles, "schools", and instruments, especially in this world of Tabuteau and Mack! Anyways, appreciate you responses! Keep them cool videos up!!

@@danshengquan4901 I understand this issue of taking off too much on the rails. I still sometimes have this problem with profilers. I would imagine since the french scrape is usually for a wider shape, that perhaps the chances of taking too much off the rails would be more likely? I totally agree with you about the oboe world has become a lot more open! Most of the people I play with here in Hong Kong are on short scraped reeds and we blend just fine :-) When I bought my profiler, I had a lot of trouble with it so it also sat on the shelf collecting dust for a few years and then I gave it a go again and patiently worked with it a bit. I still find myself tweeking it from time to time to see if I can get better results! Thanks for your comments! :-) I hope to get a new video up soon.

Hi Jonas! This is an excellent question. Oboe reeds unfortunately do not last long...for me, it depends on what music I am playing. If it is music that requires a lot of articulation, that means the tongue is constantly hitting the reed which will naturally break down the reed faster because the tip is so thin. The same goes if I have to play at a very soft dynamic for long periods of time (in an opera for example) and I am pushing down on the reed more than usually with my mouth which again would make the reed weaker faster. The oboe reed is just a very delicate thing and being played, it will naturally break down quickly. Also, with that being said, the bassoon reed lasts a lot longer (around a month or two) just because they are bigger in size and have more cane which makes them more durable against our mouth/tongue. On average, my reeds last 1-2 weeks.

Isn’t it? Unfortunately it was given to me as a gift so I have no idea

I might be mistaken, but it looks like squirrely stash thread to me. :)

I know you weren’t talking to me, but from my experience about a month or so. It depends on the quality of the reed, but I’d say around 2-3 weeks and maybe even 4 :)

Hi Rob! What is hard to grow is this specific diameter that works for oboe reeds. As for the type of bamboo...I am not sure but most cane is grown in France but now other places like China and Turkey are producing oboe cane! Thanks for the question!

It looks like an iNNOLEDY gouging machine... I would love to try it out once to see if it only looks easier and quicker to use than the "traditional" one or this is a fine editing haha :)

It is an Innoledy machine from the US

@@sharkdoublereeds5878 thanks Jen!

It depends how your staples fit your oboe but you don't always need cork grease. My staples fit quite easily in my oboe!

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Not an easy answer! It really depends on what you are playing. It takes me a few hours to make a reed and sometimes it can last one week or up to one month!

@@sharkdoublereeds5878 Thanks you for the answer! Enjoyed your video.

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Not a very helpful review Johnannes. I personally love the sound of the oboe, was aware that it was a double reed but knew no more than that. I loved watching the process and in that sense the video absolutely serves its purpose. Many thanks Jen.