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After 50 years of experience and more than one million Oboe reeds sold "MY REEDS" has finally come to a conclusion: Every Oboe player needs his own reed and this is our aim for his personalized reeds.
For this reason we have thought about creating "MY REED" my one and only reed.

D1 European cut
D2 Student European cut
D3 American cut
D4 Student American cut

First of all we have to be able to distinguish the two main parts: The paletta and the tube.
The paletta is the most important part because it is from there, that we have got the sound vibration.
To make our "MY REED" we have to consider Table 1.

Table 1
A Ø
Tubes Canes		 B
Thickness Gouged Cane
A1 9.5-10.0 mm
A2 10-10.5 mm
A3 10.5-11 mm
A4 11-11.5 mm		 B1 0.55-0.57
B2 0.57-0.59
B3 0.59-0.61
B4 0.61-0.63
C
Width Reed		 D
Kind Scraped		 T
Tube model
C1 Small
C2 Medium/Small
C3 Medium
C4 Medium/Large
C5 Large		 D1 European
D2 Studio European
D3 American
D4 Studio American		 T1 Studio
T2 De Luxe
T3 Professional
D4 Silvered

For example: If you prefer using the cane A1 of Ø 9.5/10 mm., thickness of the gouged B2 0.57/0.59, the width C2 medium-size narrow, D1 Europaen etc.
As shown in the example, you can personalize it choosing what you need and there are different solution as shown in Table 2.
You can go to the scrape of point D.
As you can see in Table 2 the scrape tips are many.
Table 2
D1 European
D11 Soft
D12 Medium Soft
D13 Medium
D14 Medium Hard
D15 Hard		 D2 Studio European
D21 Soft
D22 Medium Soft
D23 Medium
D24 Medium Hard
D25 Hard		 D3 American
D31 Soft
D32 Medium Soft
D33 Medium
D34 Medium Hard
D35 Hard
D4 Studio American
D41 Soft
D42 Medium Soft
D43 Medium
D44 Medium Hard
D45 Hard		 E Tip Length
E10 10 mm
E11 11 mm
E12 12 mm
E13 13 mm
E14 14 mm



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You can choose among the four models of scraped tips multiplied for five different strengths.
You can decide on the length of the scrape sulla paletta from 10 to 20 mm. and like this you have made your first choice or model. Now that the most difficult part has been dove let’s follow on by choosing the lower part (of the tube) and also here there are different models, we can see this in Table 3.

Table 3
T1 Studio Tube
T1 44 mm
T1 45 mm
T1 46 mm
T1 47 mm		 T2 De Luxe Tube
T2 44 mm
T2 45 mm
T2 46 mm
T2 47 mm		 T3 Professional Tube
T3 44 mm
T3 45 mm
T3 46 mm
T3 47 mm
T4 Silvered Tube
T4 44 mm
T4 45 mm
T4 46 mm
T4 47 mm		 T5 Other Tubes
T5 44 mm
T5 45 mm
T5 46 mm
T5 47 mm

The length affects the intonation and therefore it is very important that we put in consideration our choices that we made beforehand.
One long reed could be very narrow and surely the pitch is higher while a large reed not as long as the first one would drop in pitch (the sound would be lower.)

You have already seen that it is not quite easy, try and put together the letters/numbers that your can see in the chart and then you have
1° Example - La paletta.
(Tube canes Ø) A2 - (Thickness of the gouged) B1 (Large form) C2 (Scraped model) D3 E20
2° Example – Type of tube T2 47 - Length of reed F73

The result of "MY REED" made:
A2 – B1 – C2 – D3 – E20 – T247 – F73

The final part is just like decoding a message to read. A long reed 73 mm. with American scrape that’s long 20 mm., medium soft, using cane Ø 10/10.5, gouged to 0.55/0.57 mm, in a modelled tube "Professional" of 47 mm. The form is an average size/narrow.
This kind of reed is medium soft and it is adapted to children and beginners.
For professional players we would like to suggest various models of our cane, partly finished so it can give you a possibility to choose to your personal needs.
You can get your reed that went well and measure the various parts (final length, scrape length the width of the paletta, etc.) check and see which column suits your kind of reed and you can form your own personal code:

ABCDEF-T

My Reed: Is supplied in a reed case of 7 pieces.

PS. All unfinished cane tubes come from the South of France dried and then seasoned for at least two years
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