How to seal your oboe octave vents

In our previous blog post 33, Should you seal octave vents? we discussed the reasons you should always seal oboe and/or EH octave vents after they are cleaned.  In this video blog, we show you the tools you will need and the method we use in our shop every day.

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Should You Seal Octave Vents?

Through the years I have heard many conversations and have been asked many times, “Should my octave vents be sealed?”   Read more

The Oboe Reed Is Not A Tuning Slide, by Jared Hauser

Jared Hauser describes why oboists should not pull their reed out to tune the oboe.

 

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Guest-Larry Mueller

How To Swab Your Oboe

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