Oboe reed - scraping the back

This is in response to some of you asking about the basic approach of knocking in the windows at the back of an american scrape reed. Hope this helps!

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[simontai1]

Glad I could help, if you want a lesson over skype let me know!

[mroboereedmaker]

do you normally make the back before you clip it open and thin the tip?

[simontai1]

I thin the tip enough to clip open immediately after tying the cane on to the staple. The back will be scraped a little later. I'm actually making an HD video series on reed making. I hope to have it ready for streaming to itunes in a month.

[mroboereedmaker]

@simontai1 Well if it's at all like these videos, I'll surely buy it!

These are very helpful, especially getting the bottleneck from the heart to the tip

[simontai1]

Check my channel for a sneak peek of the series. Will be up in a moment.

[AlpineLaurel99]

I'm amazed at the quality of this movie, like others. Sharp knives are important. Thank you.

[simontai1]

Hey thanks!

I sometimes let it slip because I get too busy and it always gets me sooner or later. So I'm trying to put more effort into having really sharp knives "all" the time!

[NikkyTheWalrus]

I REALLY need to learn how to make reeds! I'm trying to get some tips online, and this definately helped. Thanks for uploading!

[gigemaggies19]

Thank you! Great camera quality too! I could actually see what the scraping was doing to the reed. I am in high school and just bought a reed tool kit so I can learn to scrape oboe reed blanks. This was very helpful (: