Shipping:

• USA:

  • Ground: $5.00 – orders up to $75.00. $75.00 and up – FREE. (~2-5 business days once shipped)
  • Expedited: $10.00 flat (~2-3 business days once shipped)

• Canada:

  • Ground: $10.00 – orders up to $100.00. $100.00 and up – FREE. (~5-7 business days once shipped)
  • Expedited: $30.00 flat (~3-5 business days once shipped)

• Australia, New Zealand, and UK:

  • Ground: $15.00 – orders up to $124.00. $125.00 and up – FREE. (~7 business days once shipped)
  • Expedited: coming soon!

• Elsewhere: contact me for a quote.

Available finishes:

• Soft finished:

  • Beginners, weaker muscles, lower-octave playing (2nd bsn/2nd oboe). Most flexible, least resistant.

• Regular finished:

  • “The perfect one-size-fits-all reed”, most players; flexible, wide dynamic range, resonant. Most popular strength. Flexible and comfortably resistant.

• Hard finished:

  • Exceptionally strong players, very flexible/bright instruments. (Don’t use this to fix a biting problem – this will make it worse! Change your embouchure instead! I can easily help you with this.) Most stable, most resistant.

• Mostly-finished:

  • Blank with cut tip and first scrape, featuring Tiger Reeds long-lasting cane and fine blank assembly process. Finish to your specs.

• Blank:

  • Tied/wired reed blank, uncut tip. Economic and efficient.

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Why are Tiger Reeds better than other “handmade” reeds?

• High quality cane – tested with a Reeds n’ Stuff hardness tester to verify strength
• Hand-assembled and hand-tuned to fit the individual piece of cane
• “Calibration and care card” (FREE) helps you quickly adjust your reed to your preferences. This is unique among reedmakers.
• Rich tone with excellent response and tuning control
• You will spend vastly less time adjusting and more time playing.

Your Tiger Reed will last longer, play easier, sound better, and ultimately cost less. Read our Testimonials.

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Reed-making process:

Bassoon

• Start with consistently-gouged, high-quality cane.
• Each slip is profiled on a custom-modified machine.
• Cane is shaped.
  • Shape 1:  Fox #2 shaper is standard and complements most brand/bore/bocal setups — medium-wide at tip and throat.
  • Shape 2:  Rieger #1A is available on request — it is narrower at tip and throat.
  • Shape 3:  Winstead #1 is available on request — it is wide in throat and much of blade, then ‘tulips’ slightly towards the tip.
• Each blank rests for a period of time.
• A Rieger tip profiler ensures a consistent tip, then reed is hand-finished according to highest standards.
• Each reed is play-tested and finished, then sterilized before packaging.

Oboe

• Start with consistently-gouged, high-quality cane.
• All cane is hardness-tested.  Soft cane is discarded.
• Cane is shaped.
  • Shape: Mack/Pfeiffer shape is standard — it is a relatively narrow shape to balance octaves and enhance richness across registers.
• Slips are tied onto 47mm staples.
• Each tied blank rests for a period of time.
• Reed is hand-finished according to the highest standards.
• Each reed is play-tested and finished, then sterilized before packaging.