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Minster Oboe Reed

Minster Oboe Reed

Warm mellow very broad tone with good response
Minster Oboe Reed

The Minster is a medium-weight oboe reed popular with many players who like a wide reed. The medium gouge and a standard U-scrape produces an oboe reed with a good balanced scrape combining warmth and responsiveness. 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 you need the pitch raised you can order these oboe reeds to be made on shorter 46mm staples by writing this in the Special Instructions section during checkout.

Overall these features combine to offer a medium-weight oboe reed with a warm and very broad tone.

Test-and-Return Guarantee
All our reeds can be returned, after testing, within 1 month for exchange or refund (please note we cannot accept reeds which have been extensively used).
Response Medium
Scrape Standard U-scrape
Tone Warm, Mellow
Shape Wide W4
Gouge Medium

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