A History of the Method

with Benjamin Kamins

Scraping,  Refining & Breaking-in Reeds

A Psychological Approach to Reed Making 

with William Short

Scraping Guidelines

with Rian Craypo

A First Day Scrape

With Benjamin Kamins

Scraping on Day 1: A Practical Example

with Rian Craypo

Evaluating a Second Day Reed

with William Short

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Exploring Reed Analysis

with Glenn Einschlag

Introduction

Reed No. 1

Reed No. 2

Reed No. 3

Reed No. 4

Glenn's Closing Statement

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Constructing Bassoon Reeds

with Rian Craypo

 Splitting Tubes

Pre-Gouging & Gouging

Sorting Cane for Quality

Shaping

Profiling

Forming Mummies

Internal Bevel

Forming Reed Blanks

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Bonus Material

Miles Maner Sums It All Up!

Glenn Einshlag's Bloopers

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Biographies

Benjamin Kamins is Professor of Bassoon at Rice University.

William Short is Principal Bassoon of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and is on faculty at The Juilliard School, The Manhattan School of Music and Temple University.

Rian Craypo is Principal Bassoon of the Houston Symphony.

Glenn Einschlag is Principal Bassoon of the Buffalo Philharmonic and is on the faculty of The Glenn Gould School.

Miles Maner is Bassoonist and Contrabassoonist of the Chicago Symphony.

Kristin Wolfe Jensen is Professor of bassoon at the University of Texas at Austin and Principal Bassoonist with the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra in Houston.

Nathan Koch is Assistant Professor of Bassoon at The University of Nebraska.