Description
These Chartier Synthetic oboe reeds come in three strengths, soft, medium soft and medium. As a synthetic reed, they look pleasingly like a cane reed, with acrylic thread binding and copper wire. They are made in the USA.
In play testing they have a light raucous tone. Their tone is not as full and complex as the sound from a cane reed and the tuning takes a little adjusting too. It’s important to keep these differences in mind if you are familiar with cane reeds. We encourage the use of these for the following key reasons:
- Ideal for student instrument tryouts. This is because they can be sanitised thoroughly and easily. The synthetic material is less porous than cane, therefore they are less likely to harbor bacterial microbes. They can be placed in warm / hot water and can be fully immersed in sanitising liquid. Perfect for year 5 and year 7 school music programs.
- Ideal for extreme weather conditions. A reed made of natural cane will react to very cold, very hot or very humid conditions in unknown and unplanned ways. The synthetic reed is less temperamental in extreme or changeable conditions. Ideal for travelling, touring and performing outside.
- Ideal for doubling instrumentalists. There is less need to pre-soak and warm-up a synthetic reed. This makes them ideal for changing instruments quickly when doubling / reading a multi-instrumental reed book.
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