THE HERZBERG/KAMINS REED MAKING METHOD
Video Tutorial Series
Kristin Wolfe Jensen and Nathan Koch, Producers
Scraping, Refining, and Breaking-in Reeds
- A Psychological Approach to Reed Making (William Short)
- Scraping Guidelines (Rian Craypo)
- A First Day Scrape (Benjamin Kamins)
- Scraping on Day 1: A Practical Example (Rian Craypo)
- Evaluating a Second Day Reed (William Short)
Exploring Reed Analysis With Glenn Einschlag
Constructing Bassoon Reeds with Rian Craypo
- Splitting Tubes
- Pre-gouging and Gouging
- Sorting Cane for Quality
- Shaping
- Profiling
- Forming Mummies
- Internal Bevel
- Forming Reed Blanks
Bonus Material
Biographies
Benjamin Kamins is Professor of Bassoon at Rice University. http://music.rice.edu/facultybios/kamins.shtml
William Short is Principal Bassoon of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and is on faculty at The Julliard School, The Manhattan School of Music and Temple University. http://www.shortbassoon.com
Rian Craypo is Principal Bassoon of the Houston Symphony. https://www.houstonsymphony.org/About-Us/Houston-Symphony-Musicians/Sections/Bassoons/Rian-Craypo
Glenn Einschlag is Principal Bassoon of the Buffalo Philharmonic and is on the faculty of The Glenn Gould School. https://bpo.org/staff-members/glenn-einschlag/
Miles Maner is Bassoonist and Contrabassoonist of the Chicago Symphony. https://cso.org/about/performers/chicago-symphony-orchestra/bassoon1/miles_maner/
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. https://bassoon.music.utexas.edu/faculty/
Nathan Koch is Assistant Professor of Bassoon at Sam Houston State University. http://www.nathanjkoch.com/biography.html
Additional Resources
- UT Bassoon Studio
- Fingering Charts and Trill Charts
- International Double Reed Society
- Habits of Musicianship: A Radical Approach to Beginning Band
- The Banana of Life: Peeling Away the Mysteries of Reed Making for the Bassoon (Rian Craypo)
The Banana of Life Announcement Video