Reeds 'n Stuff/Reedolino/Making Bassoon Reeds with Prof. Pierre Martens products

Straight Shaper R2 220.15 €

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Durable & Precise

Our Straight Shapers are made from carefully selected materials and finely finished. Through a hardness treatment tailored to their size and intended use, they offer high shape stability, precision, and durability. This ensures comfortable and controlled operation, consistently delivering precise results.

The pair of engraved lines on the sides mark the narrowest point of the shape and are an important tool for precise shaping. For optimal shape transfer, shape from both sides towards this narrowest point.

The outermost lines are to help center shorter cane (118 mm for bassoon, 148 mm for contrabassoon).

Thanks to the silicone tips, both gouged and profiled cane can be shaped.
The silicone tips secure the thinner parts of the profiled cane in the center and prevent the cane from slipping.

The silicone tips can be removed and replaced as desired, especially when shaping unprofiled cane.

Variety of Shapes

Our range of handheld pattern cutters impresses with an extraordinary variety of shapes. From classic profiles to custom special shapes, the different contours and designs provide precise results and maximum creative freedom.

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Test Reed PM 24.99 €

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Try Before You Buy

In order to help you figure out which template suits your playing style and instrument we have prepared some test reeds. Each reed is handmade and scraped with the most popular templates, to give you an inexpensive way to test templates before choosing the templates you would like installed on your tip profiling machine.

Template #PM 464.10 €

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Description

The #PM template was developed with Prof. Pierre Martens of the Lübeck Conservatory.
It is characterized by a parabolic tip shape with light corners and a moderately broad heart.
While conceived for wider shapes (R2 or similar), it is also well suited to narrower ones.
The finished bassoon reed features a round, supple sound and a great deal of flexibility.
It requires a well-supported, direct air flow and is therefore especially appropriate for solo and orchestral playing as well as chamber music.
It enables a large dynamic range.

A scraping length of up to 20 mm is possible.

Background Information

Prof. Martens uses an R2 shape and primarily Güner, Lavoro, and Danzi cane with hardness 15-16, gouged to approx. 1.25 mm and profiled to 0.95 – 0.60/0.55 mm.
The length of his finished reeds is 56 mm, with a shaft length of 28 mm and a scrape length of 28 mm.

Here is a table of setup measurements to help reset your tip profiling machine
or set up a new template.