Good Quality Oboe Reed Wind Instrument Replacement Parts with Transparent Tube Sleeve(1Pc) Features: and long span life. Superior sound quality, and easy e With a transparent plastic tube sleeve for preventing it from dust or accidental damages while unused. Bringing you better playing performance. A great gift for oboe players. Specification: Condition: Material: Bamboo Color: Shown as pictures Application: Oboe Reed Length: Approx. 72mm / 2.8in Whole Dimensions(L * Diameter): Approx. 8.2 * 1.3cm / 3.2 * 0.5in(With the protective sleeve) Weight: Approx. 8 - 33g Packing List: 1 x Pack of 1Pc / 5Pcs Oboe Reed  Oboe reed tone repair and maintenance 1. Before playing, first soaked in water reed, reed soak water should not exceed place tie line. 2. Keep the reed cleaning, after playing finished, should with a soft feather soaked in water and scrub the inside of the pipe whistle reed. 3. Reeds in playing after some time will feel uncomfortable, if it is reed "hush" is too small, you can use a thin copper wire between the position and the vibrating section wrapped around the reed line (the lower point place) reinforcement. 4. If it is blowing more rigid, bad vibrations, in addition to cleaning of reeds outside reed knife can be used to repair the reed vibrating portion to pronounce portion scuffing (note part of the center pillar portion not scrape excessive vibration) 5. If you feel the sound brighter, you can trim both sides of the reed (when the attention of the knife to repair the repair side, and to make the slope type, in the middle to both sides from thick to thin)