ACDC Contrabassoon Reed

From Ariel Detwiler: My contrabassoon reeds strive for a consistently warm, high quality sound combined with an air support approach as opposed to embouchure manipulation or tension, allowing for longer stretches of performance and a wide range of colors and styles. My motto is always, “let the reed do the work!” These reeds are tested on a variety of contrabassoons, but mainly a borrowed Moosmann professional instrument.

Contrabassoons are highly varied when it comes to intonation and sound quality, so please keep in mind any contrabassoon reed may need a bit of adjusting to fit your needs. My contrabassoon reeds tend to play quite flat on Amati instruments, and need to be cut 1-2 mm to play in tune and move the tuning slide. On Moosmanns, Puchners, Foxes, Mollenhauers, etc., these reeds should play well in tune with the tuning slide pulled out, providing for adjustment of intonation in performance.

Cane Type: Rieger

Shape: Burl Lane

*To conserve plastic, reeds are shipped in a padded paper jewelry box for protection.

**Colors: Random colors only, if you order more than one reed I try to supply different colors for each reed.