Professionally handmade Oboe Reed #4 (58% resistance/42% freedom). Responsive w/warm, full tone. String color purple. Tip opening: medium to small (takes an average amount of air and mouth pressure). Longer than other reeds, may play flat before clipping.

*Note that this reed is left just slightly longer and may play flat for some players before being clipped.

String color is purple only.

Tip opening is medium to slightly smaller.

We have a unique system for naming our reeds. We assign them a number based on criteria about their levels of resistance. The numbers on this chart show the percentage of resistance in the reed on the left, and the percentage of flexibility in the reed on the right.

Help us help you - we do not call our reeds by the old names anymore. Please call them the new names when referring to them (Oboe Reed #1, Oboe Reed #2, etc…).

The number essentially corresponds to how easy the reed is to blow to how easy the reed is to control. Here is some advice about how to select the best reed fit for you. Do you have a request for a specific tip opening (more closed | medium | more open)? Put that in the notes and we’ll do our best to select a tip to your specifications.

More information about this reed:

Cane Type: Rigotti
Shaper Tip: Mack+ shape, however, not traditional Mac+ shape as it is done on a long form shaping machine. It will not be the same as one would get from using a traditional folded shaper tip.
Profiler: N/A
Type of Staple: 47mm brass synthetic cork