Christopher weight bassoon reed making pdf

Rian craypo, principal bassoonist of the houston symphony, explains forming bassoon reed blanks in the herzbergkamins reed making method. It makes every reed tip identical and allows thickness adjustments as well. Making bassoon reed blanks with rian craypo youtube. How to adjust bassoon reeds diagnosing your bassoon reeds. I have prepared this handout to serve as a guide for your journey through the reed making process. Heres part one, which entails the part i do when the cane is wet the first time. Bg adjustable harness, improves weight distribution and 45. An illustrated basic method, by christopher weait an extensively illustrated step by step method of bassoon reed making. How to adjust bassoon reeds pdf download crook and. David vanhoesen, stephen maxym, christopher weait, mark popkin. Grandfather everett, who worked in various manual trades. A two dvd set with a closeup, detailed, stepbystep demonstration of the reed making process using. Though he makes reeds slightly different from me, this is an excellent book for novice reed makers. Read bassoon reed making by christin schillinger for free with a 30 day free trial.

I do this so you can see the process done by an expert reed maker that makes and sells many reeds every month. These two steps are my method of forming the tube and how i bevel, wire, and wrap the reed. Using a special pair of pliers, the reed maker presses down the cane, making it conform to. A pedagogic history and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Steps for quickly identifying the most promising reeds, thereby saving time and guesswork. Rieger tip profiling machine for bassoon this is the ultimate machine for any bassoonist. As close as it gets to actually watching someone live.

Professionally made and handfinished bassoon reeds home about us. Making a bassoon reed dvd by chris weait charles double. The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that plays music written in the. The bassoon reed manual lou skinners theories and techniques. Including bassoon repair, maintenance and adjustment.

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It starts with gouged shaped and profiled cane, and continues through finish scraping and adjusting. Discover our machines for bassoon, contra bassoon and baroque bassoon. Im happy to answer any questions about any stage of my reed making process. Klimko, mark popkin and loren glickman, christopher weait, william.

Before being able to adjust your bassoon reeds you must first decide what is wrong with the reed, it is no use simply saying the reed is bad. Buy how to adjust bassoon reeds pdf download from crook and staple. Bassoon reedmaking a basic technique by christopher weait. The book is full of very detailed pictures that take you through his entire process of making a reed. The next post will be after the cane is dried the first time. Books videos and dvds for bassoon from forrests music.