Marlin Lesher Oboe Reed Medium Hard

I am a professional oboist with a masters degree in oboe performance. I have performed with orchestras all over the world. I had a recital coming up and didn’t have enough time to make new reeds, so I ordered this one as a Hail Mary. It was an excellent reed. I played a whole recital and the sound and tone were professional quality. It’s a bit brighter than a reed I would make myself, but I still sounded great. Played very easily, great dynamic range, played all of the high range and low range with ease. I have a full time day job and making reeds can sometimes be a barrier to my practicing. I will be using these reeds regularly when I simply don’t have the time to make my own. And I will be recommending them to my students!

after a couple times it played nicely. My son plays and likes the mediums usually but he got used to this one.

FANTASTIC REED!!! HS OBOIST HERE— THIS REED PRODUCES BEAUTIFUL MUSIC EVEN ON RENTED INSTRUMENTS. DO NOT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE REED!!!!!!

My daughter is an advanced high school oboist and our two top shops for reeds have shut down. We tried these reeds, and the first thing she and her lessons teacher realized is that this reed is not hand made. It is a machine made and hand shaped reed. The sound is decent but not as rich as some of the others. She was able to modify the reed to better meet her needs and she is able to play on it and stay relatively in tune (winter weather makes tuning difficult, so out of tune can be taken with a grain of salt). This company may be better for beginning oboists on a softer reed. The medium-hard reed that we ordered is decent, but could be better.

If you know what you're doing you can make your own reeds. If you don't then these are useless. If you don't know how to adjust and reshape a Cain read save your money and get a Legere synthetic reed at least they work right out of the box and the last longer then 10minutes before you have to change reeds.

I have been playing the oboe for five years. Since I'm self-taught (and, thus, unable to make my own reeds), I've had to look around for store-bought reeds that 1) are low-priced, 2) last a long time (sound-wise), 3) have good tone, 4) resist breaking. This brand has very consistent in all areas--much better than some of the more well-known brands. Also, the fun colors used to wrap the reed are nice.So, unless you know how to make your own reeds, I'd suggest these.

Nice reeds and decent price for a good reed

My son loves these reeds. They are frequently on backorder, and for good reason. They are high quality, but require a bit of work to get just right. Regardless, they are my son's favorite.