1. Clarinet Reeds: What To Buy
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)

Buying reeds for a clarinet is not the most simple of decisions. There are many different manufacturers of clarinet reeds, each with a different method of grading and cutting their products. Wh

2. Buying Cheap Clarinet Reeds: Let The Buyer Beware
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

Students playing clarinet for the first time go through a lot of reeds.  As a result many parents want to know where to buy cheap clarinet reeds.  Unfortunately there are many places that

3. Improving Your Tone on the Oboe
(Archived/Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)

Running an oboe reed business and all, I often get requests or inquiries about reeds and the desired tone they' produce. And while I agree that reeds play an important part in determining your soun

4. How Bagpipes are Constructed
(Teacher Resources/Music in General)

...air has not been moistened and heated by the player’s breath which allows one to use more delicate reeds and also allows the instrument to be played longer. The bag is crucial to the bagpipes o...

5. Woodwind Musical Instruments
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)

... century, most flutes and piccolos have been constructed from metal. Clarinets and saxophones use single reeds, a thin piece of cane that sets the column of air vibrating, oboes and bassoons have doub...

6. Used Musical Instruments For Sale: Getting The Best Deal
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)

There are a lot of things to consider when buying a used band instrument like a flute, clarinet , trumpet, trombone , or saxophone from someone other than a retail music store.  While private

7. Why the Flute is the best Woodwind Instrument to learn?
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)

...d theoretically and its cheaper to run than the other woodwind instruments because you don't have to buy reeds to get a sound from it. Learning To Play The Flute This instrument yields a p...

8. Beginning Clarinet: The Very Start
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)

... This type of care should be extended to all parts of the clarinet – while it is inevitable that reeds will eventually split, they will last longer with careful care. The clarinet itself will ...