Learn how to make oboe reeds in under an hour!
Yes, making an oboe reed really IS easy.
Fiddly, yes, but difficult - no.
Clear, simple, step by step instructions with life size colour photographs.
If you have our Oboist's Reed Doctor, you already know how to get the best from commercial oboe reeds. But the best commercial oboe reeds will never be as good for you as your own hand-made reeds.
With a few simple tools, no complicated equipment and ready profiled reed blanks, making your first oboe reed is genuinely easy. Yes, you will mess up the first few, but you will soon get the hang of it. Once you have made your own oboe reeds successfully, you will not want to go back to buying inferior, ready made reeds.
With 83 photos and clear instructions, you can't go wrong. We even tell you where to get the tools and materials.
The author, Dr Sandra Downing, is an expert oboe reed maker. Her second brilliant, unique little pocket book, the Oboist's Reed Doctor has been a best-seller in its field for a decade. It is currently in it's 3rd edition and shows you how to get the very best from your oboe reeds - both self made and commercial.
To see a sample from the book click here
Sandra is a research scientist by profession. A bassoonist of professional standard, bassoon teacher, a student of Hellen Peller, (formerly sub principal bassoonist in the Halle Orchestra), Sandra has a private teaching practice in the UK Stockport area. It was her expertise in reed making, combined with her scientific approach that resulted in her writing the Bassoonist's Reed Doctor, initially for a friend.
Her partner Peter Moore, encouraged her to extend the approach to other instruments and other areas of music, thus was born Dr Downing Music. In addition to the Doctor Books, Sandra has used her scientific training to research and develop her own highly effective teaching method for the bassoon.
