I come out of semi blog retirement to announce that a wonderful person named Kathy Sheinhouse, having read Jeff Greenwald’s article about my attempts to make oboe reeds, has sent me two beautiful reeds of her own making!

Her company is (appropriately) called Magic Reed. Her website is here — and if you are one of the multitudes who, like me, have a helluva time trying to make even one workable reed, you can email her at Info@MagicReed.com. She claims to actually enjoy making reeds — miraculous (and, um, magical)!!