King Bassoon Reeds

Bassoon Cane can be bought from stores and shipped out. Most of the cane that is bought in the United States is from South America, France or China. However Arundo Donax (cane) grows all over the United States, especially in California. Here in California Arundo Donax grows as an invasive species from San Diego to San Francisco. So many players get to harvest their own cane and have free cane for life! There are a few things to keep in mind when harvesting and aging your own

Kingbassoonreeds.com is now more affordable for contra players! The Price of Contrabassoon reeds and Contraforte reeds has dropped due to a great turnout of harvested cane from last spring. So Now there is no penalty for being a contra player!

I started making bassoon reeds in high school and by senior year I was self sufficient, I only played on my own reeds. I only mention this because I was fortunate enough to have many fine reed makers as teachers, who put an emphasis on reeds. In Los Angeles it is common to start reed making in high school but I am finding that in the San Francisco area, students start in college. I bumped around to different bassoon teachers throughout high school, and I felt like I had a fai

This might be an odd topic to write about on a reed website but I do have some experience playing with Legere Bassoon Reeds over the last few years. The first time I heard about these reeds was from Stephen Paulson, the Legere reed company was working with him to get input for their prototype models. He let me try some of the earlier reeds that they had sent him during a lesson and I was really surprised. I remember people using Legere clarinet and saxophone reeds in marching

King Bassoon Reeds has moved to a new location just outside of San Francisco. More space means more reeds! The orders have been overwhealming and so I have hired on part time reed makers from my studio of students. I have been teaching my students reed making lessons from time to time and now I am comfortble that they can handle certain aspects of reed making. These reed makers are used to harvest cane, clean cane, cut cane, sort cane, gouge and profile cane. These stages ar