Bassoon With a View

Thanks to Shawn Seguin (SS) for helping to articulate and organize our thoughts and concepts on this style of reed-making.  Thanks to Eryn Oft for the encouragement to get this process documented and shared with our whole community! Step 1: Watch my YT video which is lengthy but also filled with a lot of information on each step of the finishing process. Step 1: Watch my YT video which is lengthy but also filled with a lot of information on each step of the finishing process. Step 2: Clip the tip - 31 mm from top wire SS - finished at 27 - 28, starting at 29 - 30, form tip, get general sense of intonation EC - clipping to adjust tuning, start at 29 mm from tip to top of wire, shorten as needed Crow and play the reed on your bassoon right after you clip the tip - you’ll be surprised!  Keep crowing and playing on your bassoon after each step (especially on your first several attempts) to best appreciate how quickly the vibrations are freed up.  Also, by cr