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?

@burnbassoon

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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.

@EGORGENREEDS

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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?

@EGORGENREEDS

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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))

@burnbassoon

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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.

@burnbassoon

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@@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!