Blake Oboe Reed

The Blake (colour deep turquoise blue)  is a lighter-weight responsive oboe reed suitable for many players from the early stages to accomplished musicians who like wider free-blowing oboe reeds. The thin gouge and a standard U-scrape combine to produce a reed with a well balanced scrape providing tonal clarity and increased resonance. The shape is wide with a large internal volume creating a broad tonal colour.

Some players find the wide shape can cause wallowing of 2nd octave F#, G or G#, or the pitch to be too low overall. If this happens try a narrower reed style.

Overall these features combine to offer a lighter-weight responsive oboe reed with a clear and broad tone.

Test-and-Return Guarantee
Reeds can be returned, after testing, within 7 days of receipt - see our Returns Page for more information. Please note we cannot accept reeds which have been played on for a long time, or altered or marked in any way. Specially made non-standard reeds are non-returnable.

Delivery
We use Royal Mail First Class post. Combining our order processing time with time in the post it is normal to expect the reeds within roughly a week from ordering. It is best to plan ahead and order well before you have completely run out of reeds!