Technique Demonstration Videos

For the full complement of videos, check out my YouTube playlist.

Check out these videos to see live, narrated footage of my three major scraping sessions for a new bassoon reed:

1. Opening the blank and the first scrape (two examples)

2. The second scrape
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3. The finishing process

If you have prepared cane already and are ready to check out how I form and wrap blanks, here is that process:

Looking to go back even further? Here is how I prepare tube cane for forming:
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• splitting and pre-gouging
• gouging
• shaping (straight v. folding)
• profiling

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