Understanding the Oboe Reed by Graham Salter, with an American contribution by Elaine Douvas & Linda Strommen is packed full of detailed information accompanied by explanatory images. Included are 115 superb coloured images of reeds of great oboists from Antonoi Paculli to Guy Legere along with 82 interviews, measurements, techniques & philosophies of these great musicians. An amazing reference and a fabulous gift for the oboe connoisseur.
Book is mostly fine, but came in with the cover peeling a bit. Spine and everything else is in good shape.
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George D.
Excellent, comprehensive
It’s fascinating to see reeds of all these great players from all over the world!
We had nothing like this when I was growing up.
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Plummer J.
Excellent compendium
I learned so much from reading through this magnificent compendium of facts. This book deepens my love for everything about the oboe!
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Chris B.
Oboe Reed History and Mechanics
The book is very precise and interesting, Interesting to learn the comparisons between American scrap and European scrap
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Simon P.
A must.
A must.
Thank you for your 5* review. We have read this book too and it is fabulous resource for any oboist!
Best Wishes,
C&S Team
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Christopher B.
All you need to know
A thorough and comprehensive book.
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Irene H.
Understanding the Oboe reed
This was a gift for our daughter in law. She was so pleased with the book and has already made use of it.
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Rudy C.
Very good in all aspects.
Very good in all aspects. Have learned many things.
Dear Rudy,
This book is packed with oboe info/joy! We love this book, it really is an interesting read and we're glad to hear you've benefitted from it.
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review.
Happy oboeing!
Best wishes,
Eliza @ Crook & Staple
I ordered "Abracadabra Oboe" (instruction book), which was to have come with 2 CDs. However, I received the version without CDs with instructions for downloading the tracks. I emailed Crook and Stable about this discrepancy but received no reply. I'm quite disappointed in the lack of response.
My first time buying Argento. Normally buy Marsden but they have been out of stock for a long time and delays when buying direct also. Argento had great reviews. Ordered two reeds - came in bright blue thread not the usual dark. One reed was fine after a bit of scraping. The other reed wasn't immediately playable so will keep forgetting emergency and scrape it at a later date.
Bought these instead of the C&S Pro which are out of stock. Was recommended them as a good substitute. They certainly are. Thanks very much. Looking forward to playing the finale of Tchaik Pathetique on it (2nd bassoon).