I really enjoyed this video. I am a 15 yr old bassoonist in 9th grade and i started making my own reeds about 5 months ago with the help of my private teacher. I sometimes forget to do certain steps in the process such as sanding the inside of the cane. Are there any general tips you have for beginner reedmakers?
Thanks for writing! My only general tip would be to ‘practice’ making reeds one or two at a time and on a regular basis, and not in a large batch all at once. Just like with practicing bassoon, you will not get better at it with a 4-hour session once a week, but even 30 minutes a day will work wonders.
Polishing the cane from the inside is completely optional. The whole joke: 1) tip profiling 2) shape 3) cane. That's All. Everything else is personal perversions/preferences of the masters.
Andrew HI!. Tell me please. When shaping mummies - do you heat the mandrel with fire? Do you hold a mummies over the steam? Or a mandrel over the steam?
And also, please tell me - are there freely available: manuscripts, books, which describe the process of harvesting canes and its further drying? I would like to cut down a couple of canes in the swamp as an experiment and make a reeds in a couple of years))
Hi I don’t heat up the mandrel. I only heat up the cane in the water. I find that, as long as the cane is scored well and is not too thick (1.4mm or thicker) then this method will work just fine.
I really enjoyed this video. I am a 15 yr old bassoonist in 9th grade and i started making my own reeds about 5 months ago with the help of my private teacher. I sometimes forget to do certain steps in the process such as sanding the inside of the cane. Are there any general tips you have for beginner reedmakers?
Thanks for writing! My only general tip would be to ‘practice’ making reeds one or two at a time and on a regular basis, and not in a large batch all at once. Just like with practicing bassoon, you will not get better at it with a 4-hour session once a week, but even 30 minutes a day will work wonders.
Polishing the cane from the inside is completely optional. The whole joke: 1) tip profiling 2) shape 3) cane.
That's All. Everything else is personal perversions/preferences of the masters.
Andrew HI!. Tell me please. When shaping mummies - do you heat the mandrel with fire? Do you hold a mummies over the steam? Or a mandrel over the steam?
And also, please tell me - are there freely available: manuscripts, books, which describe the process of harvesting canes and its further drying?
I would like to cut down a couple of canes in the swamp as an experiment and make a reeds in a couple of years))
Hi I don’t heat up the mandrel. I only heat up the cane in the water. I find that, as long as the cane is scored well and is not too thick (1.4mm or thicker) then this method will work just fine.
@@EGORGENREEDS I’m afraid I don’t know about any literature about harvesting. I don’t harvest my own so I haven’t looked into this myself… sorry!