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    K. Ge Reeds

    Location: Hawthorn, Victoria (Australia)

    Web site: K. Ge Reeds

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    14 Responses to “K. Ge Reeds”

    1. Rach Says:
      November 7th, 2007 at 5:14 am

      I am a doubler (oboe being my 4th instrument). With the only other alternative for reeds in much of Oz being factory-made reeds, the discovery of KGe reeds has turned my oboe playing around! They are very consistent, although I have to scrape them to suit. I have been using the standard medium soft with wire, which is what my local music store sells. They are a little pricy, but can you put a price on excellent response and tone?

    2. Su Chee Says:
      September 22nd, 2007 at 5:26 pm

      Recently received a bad reed out of the batch, promised to be replaced with no questions asked. Excellent service!

    3. Ke-xun's Daughter Says:
      September 17th, 2007 at 3:23 am

      The best reeds ever!!!

    4. Anonymous Says:
      September 1st, 2007 at 10:34 pm

      The standard has gone down.

    5. Howard, Malaysia Says:
      April 15th, 2007 at 7:56 am

      His reeds take a terribly long time to break in (in response to Claire’s comment about them being so open and hard, and in fact they need a certain amount of adjustment to play), but when they do break in, they are absoulutely fantastic reeds! But recently they have been making fairly inconsistent reeds. Such a difficult thing, this reed making stuff.

    6. Claire Says:
      March 6th, 2007 at 9:56 am

      I have recently bought a couple of his ‘professional’ reeds and have also experienced the ’standard’ version briefly when they’ve been bought by my students. They are on first glance really nice reeds: they make a lovely sound and are really stable over the whole range. However, they are OPEN and they are HARD. (Other people have said this to me too.) I am constantly trying to get them to close up enough for me to play on them without exhaustion. Even if I succeed one day, the next day they are wide open again. Next time I may consider getting a medium-hard standard version to see what difference that makes.

    7. Justin Says:
      December 25th, 2006 at 4:52 am

      I had bought a oboe reed at K-Ge by my friend. The sound of the the reed is great, but it could be better if the price become lower ~

    8. Emmanuel Danan Says:
      December 20th, 2006 at 6:25 am

      I have been using k-ge gouged cane for two years now, and can honestly say it is wonderful. Great tone quality. The gouge is very even. the reeds I made with this cane were VERY durable (some lasted 8 months, I play three hours a day and always rotate 3-4 reeds).

      Great product !

    9. MD Says:
      November 26th, 2006 at 9:31 am

      The g&s cane is excellent - consistent, well cut and beautiful to work with.

    10. david harris Says:
      September 1st, 2006 at 1:46 am

      harfra@mydesk.net.au

    11. david harris Says:
      September 1st, 2006 at 1:33 am

      I have been playing just over a year (I am 61 this year). Still persisting with mediums (professional, wired, U-scrape) playing 10 to 20 seconds and resting for a few seconds. Tone is very close to pleasant. (so my wife says!) Only practice about 45minutes a day. Three reeds have lasted many months rotated. When they close and lose their resistance, I kettle spout steam up to the wire for a ten seconds - they open up (like oysters). I peg them to keep them open until dry (with a clothes peg). Probably don’t need to use peg. If nothing else K Ge’s reeds are forgiving! Email me.

    12. Walter Says:
      May 21st, 2006 at 12:53 pm

      I have ordered only gouged cane from K Ge Reeds. I love the cane! It is the best, longest lasting and most consistent cane I have purchased, and I have paid more dearly for well-known cane from Europe.

    13. ravenfar Says:
      May 1st, 2006 at 10:58 am

      Every reed I ordered leaked. They all had skin, and were very resistant. I don’t mind adjusting reeds, but I hate to adjust and the add skin back on, which adds resistance back on as well.

    14. Howard Ng Says:
      March 29th, 2006 at 7:12 am

      His reeds are basically very very good! (considering that i do not make reeds and i rarely get to adjust my reeds) All his reeds are playable without adjustment, it is a matter of how you judge a ‘finished’ reed. One thing i find absurd is that his professional and standard reeds do not have any big difference in quality but differ a lot in terms of price. If there is no obvious differences why should i pay more for the so called ‘professional’ reeds? That is my only complaint. I find that his reeds last a very very long period of time (of course no reed does, but for a 5-6 hour practise session, i can rotate 3-4 reeds for more than a month!) which is great!

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