Bassoonist's Reed Doctor Popular

Bassoonist's Reed Doctor PopularThe Bassoon Reed Doctor enables you to get the best from your reeds and shows you how to make adjustments to improve your reeds. This book helps you solve the following bassoon reed issues: The bottom notes are unresponsive and difficult to play Notes around middle C are sharp and stuffy Tounging and staccato are poor or difficult. Tone in tenor register is fuzzy or unclear The tone is stuffy (thick & hesitant) throughout all registers The tone is too

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The mandrels can also be placed into the Chiarugi Reed Drying board for 18 mandrels to dry

1 x Bassoon Plaque (placed between the blades of the reed whilst scraping to reduce the risk of the reed splitting)

This stainless steel bassoon reed mandrel can be used to form the tubular shape on the butt of the reed and has three reference lines engraved to allow you to check that the reed is far enough on

I cannot get scales even

The Chiarugi reed drying board for 18 oboe reeds is 12cm x 6cm x 1cm and has an ebony base

1 x Reed Making Pliers (used to adjust the wires on the bassoon reed and the throat shape of the reed)

My fingers ache after I have been playing for a short while

When you make your own reeds using this bassoon reed making kit

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This bassoon reed making guide has 90 photos of individual steps making it simple and clear to follow its instructions