—————————————————————— *****The Reed Report***** Issue 6 —————————————————————— Congratulations! As a newsletter subscriber, you are one of the first to see this important information. Read on for the latest and greatest from MKL Reeds. In this month’s issue: *From the Owners’ Office – Happy Spring! *The BUZZ – Want a reed made just for YOU? *Reed “Tip” of the Month – Reed “Language” *The Trading Post – Buying or selling oboe…
—————————————————————— *****The Reed Report***** Issue 5 —————————————————————— Congratulations! As a newsletter subscriber, you are one of the first to see this important information. Read on for the latest and greatest from MKL Reeds. In this month’s issue: *From the Owners’ Office -Happy New Year! *The BUZZ – Oboe BLANKS are here!! *Reed “Tip” of the Month *The Trading Post – Need an oboe? *Customer Corner – Have a comment or…
—————————————————————— *****The Reed Report***** Issue 4 —————————————————————— Congratulations! As a newsletter subscriber, you are one of the first to see this important information. Read on for the latest and greatest from MKL Reeds. In this month’s issue: *From the Owners’ Office – Happy Holidays! *The BUZZ – Subscriptions are HERE! *Reed “Tip” of the Month *The Trading Post – Need an oboe? *Customer Corner – Have a comment or question…
—————————————————————— *****The Reed Report***** Issue 3 —————————————————————— Congratulations! As a newsletter subscriber, you are one of the first to see this important information. Read on for the latest and greatest from MKL Reeds. In this month’s issue: *From the Owners’ Office – Welcome Anne Austin! *The BUZZ – Want quick ordering? How about something for FREE? *Reed “Tip” of the Month *The Trading Post – Need an…
—————————————————————— *****The Reed Report***** Issue 2 —————————————————————— Congratulations! As a newsletter subscriber, you are one of the first to see this important information. Read on for the latest and greatest from MKL Reeds. In this month’s issue: *From the Owner’s Office – The philosophy behind MKL Reeds *The BUZZ – What’s coming for MKL Reeds *Reed “Tip” of the Month *The Trading Post – Need an oboe?…
————————————————————————— *****The Reed Report***** Issue 1 ————————————————————————— Congratulations! As a newsletter subscriber, you are one of the first to see this important information. Read on for the latest and greatest from MKL Reeds. In this month’s issue: *From the Owner’s Office – a quick note from Maryn *THE SPECIAL – it’s back to school at MKL Reeds *The BUZZ – What’s coming for MKL Reeds *Reed “Tip” of the Month…
Evaluating Your Reeds No matter how you do your initial scrapes, every reed goes through a period of evaluation and refining scrapes based on crow, appearance, and overall characteristics. Hopefully, you have a gouge and shape that suit your individual needs and work well together, you've got a well formed blank, and you've started to form the overall slope of the reed. Now, as you take the reed down and…
Just got back from taking the kids to “Out of Africa…” It’s a zoo/safari hidden in the middle of nowhere in Cottonwood AZ. I have to admit, I’ve been to a lot of zoos and THIS left them all in the dust. I saw more animals (lemur, lions, leopards, rhinos, bear, and more) in a two hour period than I’ve seen in my entire life. It might sound funny, but…
Play the music, not the instrument. – Author Unknown Boy how true… especially for us oboe players who spend so much time trying to get along with such a finicky instrument. How often have you spent more time trying to play the oboe than you have trying to play the music through the oboe? I know I’ve done it many times. And it’s always somewhat comforting to remember what’s really…
“We’re swallowed up only when we are willing for it to happen.” -Nathalie Sarraute The beginning of the school year is often the beginning of the work year as well for many oboists. For the last few months, you may have had an outdoor concert or two, but nothing too serious. Now the phone is ringing off the hook with wedding jobs, teaching jobs, playing jobs, adjudicating jobs. All at…