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Month: May 2022

Is the Oboe Hard to Play?

Is the Oboe Hard to Play?

May 18, 2022May 18, 2022 6 mins read

Learning to play the oboe as a kid, one of the most common comments I would get when I told people I played the oboe […]

Oboe Reed Care and Maintenance

Oboe Reed Care and Maintenance

May 7, 2022May 7, 2022 4 mins read

Oboe reeds are notoriously finicky. And they have annoyingly short lifespans. So whatever we can do to extend their lives and coax them into being […]

For forty years I have play the oboe, and still I never know what is coming out. It is a perpetual anxiety. But maybe this is good-I have never the time to get myself bored.    -Marcel Tabuteau

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