Resources, Handouts, Helpful Guides & Info

PDF Handouts / Downloads:

Oboe Reed Care and Reed Adjustments - Sally Bohls

Bassoon Reed Care and Reed Adjustments - Jennifer Auerbach

Bassoon Day 1 - Handout from clinic given by Jennifer Auerbach at Midwest December 2024

Tuning & Voicing Exercises for Oboe & Bassoon - Handout from clinic given by Sally Bohls & Jennifer Auerbach at Midwest 2024 & TMEA 2025

Here are the oboes and bassoons we recommend for schools / Instrument Recommendation and comparison.

Band Director Boot Camp Booklet

Contrabassoon Safe Handling Handout

Contrabassoon Safe Repacking Handout

Instrument Trial Instructions

Shipping a Bassoon Repacking Graphics for each kind of case

Oboe & Bassoon Reed Adjusting Video - common issues, causes, solutions - Video Made by Sally Bohls & Jennifer Auerbach for TMEA 2021

How to Close the Tip of an Oboe Reed if it is too open - Sally Bohls

How to Close or Open the Tip of a Bassoon Reed if it is too open or closed - Jennifer Auerbach

Low Notes Not Speaking on Bassoon? How to check the whisper key/pancake key coupling mechanism - Jennifer Auerbach

How to Install Backpack Straps for Bassoon Case

How to Replace the L-Pin from the Body Lock on a Bassoon

 

Here are a BUNCH of videos we made that go through the preliminaries and the units of the Beginner Class Boot Camp Book. You can explore and even save these free videos for future use:

Here is a video tutorial on how to packup a contrabassoon to send back to us safely: