This unique study analyzes in detail 168 reeds by 81 artists from 14 countries, and strikingly shows each reed in reflected light and in silhouette, revealing the relative thickness and contours of the reed. Tables give precise dimensions.
The five stars are less because I appear to have been given the oboe as a sisyphean assignment (by whom I'm still trying to find out) and have referred to this book while pushing the boulder uphill, than they are because I keep it by my side when the boulder inevitably tumbles back down. It is then that this book fills me with false hope, which is better than no hope at all.