Student Oboe Reed by Crook & Staple (Medium Soft)

Both reeds great

reeds were no good at all. far too hard. even our oboe teacher couldn't get a tune out of them. He even tried making them thiner. waste of money unfortunately.

Good quality reeds

In a shipment of two reeds, one plays great (ergo the high rating) but the other is barely playable. Fortunately the good one tends to last until the following shipment.

Very good quality and have lasted a while

Although the reed is just perfect, I would have thought the shipping would have been with a sort of holder to protect it, like for clarinet for exemple. But I am new to oboe, so I wont complain any further.

These reeds work excellently for my 5 young oboe players.

Absolutely delightful and my daughter loved the miniature pencil.

I appear to be getting somewhere with my instrument, I am enjoying the sound, so at the moment I am very happy and hope in time to come back for more reeds. Thank you!

Student Oboe Reed by Crook & Staple (Medium Soft)

Thank you very much for this lovely reed which has arrived in nice time...
I'm hoping it will give me a start back into playing after a couple of decades!
Much appreciated.

Super . My daughter is enjoying to play with

Great customer service good quality product .
Always buy from here .

Well I thought I would try this out as I took up the oboe just eight months ago, and I’m looking around to find what reeds suit me best. Still got to break this one in, sounds a bit harsh at first, but hopefully it will improve as I spend more time with it. It is very responsive though. Not crowing a C yet, but will try again tomorrow. Of course I’m very careful to soak my reeds before playing, you absolutely have to do that!! What doesn’t help is that our dining room where I practice is very cold at the moment, so that doesn’t help the sound!! Anyway I will persevere, and I will come back here to share how everything goes. I love playing my oboe, and although I have loads still to learn, I’m so very glad that I took the plunge at the ripe old age of 58!!!!

In the past the reeds I got were good. The last most recent purchase of three reeds all resulted in poor quality reeds. Very disappointed. I sent an email to explain I was unhappy and never got a response so am surprised to receive a feedback email!
Susan Lines

The reeds came on time and were packaged appropriately. They sound out well and I shall use this company again.

Made very well...its just finding the right one for me. I have played for years. But my reed maker has retired.

Nicely made reeds but needed scraping before being playable.
I ordered medium soft which I expected just needed blowing in.

Great Reed, good price and quick delivery.

A reed that is easy to play with

I could imagine this as the ideal reed for a beginning student …. Believe me … it is one of the very few ( if any ) that I’ve tried since COVID that is appropriate for a student …. Kudos C&S !!

This is the first time we ordered from Crook and Staple. We received the reeds in 3-4 days, reeds in good condition and are easy to use. Very happy about the reeds and the delivery service.

Great Reeds, and a very friendly personal service.

These play better than any other reeds I've tried, but extracting them from the oboe's socket is devilishly hard, even after filing down the cork a little and greasing it.

Reed did not play well and construction below par.

This reed has provided a good starting place for my daughter. The delivery was also very prompt & the service was great. Thank you.

pleased with these

Brilliant quality reeds. My son loves them! Will definitely buy again

I am an absolute beginner and these reeds worked brilliantly for me from the first time I used them. Far superior to reeds I had bought elsewhere. Will definitely continue to purchase them when needed.

Great reed for starting

I bought it for my son. He really like to use this one, it’s my third times to order this reed for him. Fast delivery and good quality reeds.