The Dark Arts
Friday, April 28th, 2006
So I’ve taken the plunge and begun learning to make reeds for oboe. I ordered a beginner’s kit from Howarth (upgraded the knife to a dual blade swiss army thing made by Wenger) and spent most of yesterday binding and scraping. My binding’s not bad; nothing leaks. And I worked out how to scrape, but developing the skill to be able to make reeds reliably is something that will take some time. I read somewhere that after about 1000 of them I might know what I’m doing. 2 down, 998 to go…