Available as a downloadable 8½ x 11 Front-Back Flyer):
Reeds4U Downloadable 8½ x 11 Flyer (front/back) with PriceList
Concept behind Reeds4U – Franck Avril, oboist
Unlike those wonderful reed-makers who will make reeds for you on their material, I offer the service of making a reed for you with your own materials (that you would send me), your cane at any stage, from tube cane to planed cane, to shaped pieces, to a tied blank and even all the way up to profiled reed, so that you can evaluate the effects of any step that I take, and the effects of different materials / gouges / shapes and the like.
If you send us your own staple to use when pertinent, I will also apply a $2.75 credit from the price of the Final Reed, compared to my using my own staples (see Price List). Since most of us re-use our staples anyway, I believe that this offers us both an opportunity to maintain that practice and to reduce cost, as long as the staple is viable.
I can also make you a reed entirely from scratch, just as I do for my own work, but if I do, please specify for me which gouge and which shape you would prefer. [Please note that I make my own reeds on a standard-bore Lorée Royale oboe and use a selection of tube cane from a variety of online reliable sources]:
- I own a Graf gouger, and a Ross gouger with a no. 2 blade.
The Graf, which uses a double-radius blade, has the blade ground to certain specifications I had requested, such that the cane measures .60mm in the center, with the sides no thinner than .44mm or .45mm at the extreme edge (when dry)…but it is the shape of the blade and how the cane gets from .60 to .45 that is distinct in each gouger and which shapes its characteristics in the final reed.
My Ross gouger was purchased later, directly from Dan Ross (at his studio) when he and Richard Killmer were evolving additional new and different blade profiles to his first one. As such, he made for me what he called a no. 2 blade: I had requested thicker sides due to my requiring more structure so that my reeds changed less drastically while I was touring. As such, that gouge was also set up .60mm in the middle, but with sides around .48mm. As with all Ross machines, it remains a single-radius gouger.
The shaper tips which I own and use are as follows (in no particular order):
Pfeiffer-Mack, Mack++ , Sara, Jeanné (the orig. Jeanné shape) and Robinson-Barr.
A reminder that each shape has a different set of characteristics and feel, and that the resultant shaped cane itself will differ slightly to reflect what gouge one uses with it. How a shape may work for you is a matter of personal style, incorporating a reflection of what you see, what you need, and of course your overall stylistic and aesthetic approaches as a player.
Please also note that I trim my reeds with a Kunibert Michel tip-cutter (newest version), which leaves one blade slightly longer than the other. I play with the longer blade away from me (and mark my reeds such that I can spot the proper shorter side quickly).
For any questions, ‘feel free to reach out: my cell is 1+ 858/349-4498 (Arizona Time) and is available for texting as well as for phonecalls. My direct email is favrilphoto@gorvw.net (although I am in-process of updating this website Reeds4U.com, with its own corresponding email contact information).
Thank you for your interest, and please feel free to pass on this information to any of your colleagues and/or students!
Franck
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Franck Avril U.S.A. e-mail: favrilphoto@gorvw.net cell: 1+858-349-4498 |
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| Finished Reed Price When Using your Materials (below) |
Cost of (1) Reed Made on OUR staples |
Cost of (1) Reed Made on YOUR staples 'Represents a $ 2.75 Credit for using your own staple throughout the Price List |
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Finished Reed using my own Gouge (please specify Ross or Graf), and the shape you prefer from our shaper tips (Pfeiffer-Mack, Mack++, Sara, Jeanné (original), Robinson-Barr) |
$35.00 |
(plus any S/H and Sales Tax) AZ TPT Lic. 21640665 |
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Finished Reed using your Tube Cane |
$32.00 | $29.25 | Cost when using your staple | ||||||||||||||||
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Finished Reed using Tube Cane (whole or sections thereof) that you have selected to be the straightest and of the best diameter for you |
$31.25 | $28.50 | Cost when using your staple | ||||||||||||||||
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Finished Reed using your Guillotined piece of Cane |
$30.50 | $27.75 | Cost when using your staple | ||||||||||||||||
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Finished Reed using your Planed piece of Cane |
$29.50 | $26.75 | Cost when using your staple | ||||||||||||||||
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Finished Reed using your Pre-Gouged piece of cane (~.70-.75mm center measurement) |
$27.50 | $24.75 | Cost when using your staple | ||||||||||||||||
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Finished Reed using your already Gouged piece of cane |
$25.25 | $22.50 | Cost when using your staple | ||||||||||||||||
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Finished Reed using your already Shaped piece of cane |
$23.75 | $21.00 | Cost when using your staple | ||||||||||||||||
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Finished Reed using your own Tied Blank |
$19.50 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Finished Reed using your Profiled Blank / Profiled Reed |
$17.50 | We Accept Paypal, at our e-mail: favrilphoto@gorvw.net | |||||||||||||||||
