This is the last reed in the group about scraping an oboe reed! It was probably the easiest one to finish. This reed had dried out a little bit because it was sitting out while I finished the other four, and that affected the crow and response when I was testing it, but overall it came out pretty good I think. I usually try to work on reeds when they are not too soaked or too dry, but similar to how the reeds would be during a performance or audition. What do you think? Do you ever work on dry reeds?
If you want to see my Day 1 scraping process, check out this post here, and premium members can see a more detailed version here. If you want to download a PDF of my reed measurements and reed making instructions, check out this post here.
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