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KGE Professional US Oboe Reed

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The KGE Professional US Oboe Reed is KGE's professional-tier reed in the long American scrape. Where European-style reeds typically have a short scrape concentrated near the tip, the US scrape extends further back along the cane, producing a freer, more open response with a brighter top end. read more...

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Product Description

The KGE Professional US Oboe Reed is KGE's professional-tier reed in the long American scrape. Where European-style reeds typically have a short scrape concentrated near the tip, the US scrape extends further back along the cane, producing a freer, more open response with a brighter top end.

Why an American scrape

The long American scrape is the standard in US conservatoires and orchestras, and increasingly used by players elsewhere who want its particular feel: more flexibility in articulation, a brighter and more flexible upper register, and a slightly different relationship between embouchure pressure and tone colour. If you trained on US-style reeds, or you want to play music in that idiom, this is what you're after.

Workshop consistency from KGE

Made by KGE in their Shanghai workshop, with the same standardised process that gives every KGE reed its reed-to-reed predictability. KGE-made cane on a KGE staple. Slightly shorter overall length than European-style reeds (70mm finished vs 72mm) reflects the different scrape geometry.

At a glance

  • Instrument: Oboe
  • Strength: Medium
  • Best for: Players who use the long American scrape, US-trained players, those wanting more articulation flexibility
  • Scrape: US (long American scrape)
  • Features: KGE-made cane and staple
  • Dimensions: 47mm staple, 70mm finished reed
  • Made: By KGE in Shanghai

Where it sits in the range

The American-scrape option in our KGE oboe reed line. For the heart-heavy German scrape, see the KGE Professional German. For European/British scrape options, see our hand-finished Crook & Staple Professional Oboe Reed, made by a professional oboist with the warm, singing British tone. Or browse the full oboe reed range.