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The educational voice of oboi.st, extended to the web — how reeds are made, what they're made of, and how to play and care for them. Written for oboists, reed makers and students everywhere.
The wiki
Botany, materials, technique, equipment and history — the reference layer, densely cross-linked.
Start with Arundo donax → 02 · WritingThe journal
Process notes and experiments from the reed desk. New thinking lands here before it settles into the wiki.
Read the journal → 03 · CraftThe four scrapes
A worked example: taking an oboe reed from a buzzy blank to a balanced, responsive reed in four passes.
Read the guide →