My reeds are slowly and carefully made from cane selected from Danzi, Donati, Gonzales, Neuranter and others depending on quality and availability.

Profiling is on Pfeifer and Rieger machines and I use a special custom shaper. The reeds are painstakingly finished and are fully tested on a 9000 series Heckel before shipment.

They are pitch-stable, play freely, and are resonant over the entire range of the bassoon.

"My preliminary assessment: /Damn good reed!/ It was a little softer than I have been used to, so the first several notes from it were almost buzzy, but a slight embouchure adjustment took care of that. I was impressed with how loudly it can play, yet is still able to produce a delicate tongued pianissimo, even on the low Bb. Will use it in the orchestra concert this Friday."

R.S., Missouri