Favorite blog posts, September 2026
Just one to share this month:
- HeaneyMusings – Joshua Heaney (saxophone): OKMEA All-State Band Audition Tips from a Judge
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Favorite blog posts, August 2026
- Stohrer Music (Matt Stohrer, saxophone): Original Selmer ToneX Resonator Sizes
- Dudukhouse Blog (Armen Matosyan): The Duduk in Film Scores: From Gladiator to Modern Cinema
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Favorite blog posts, July 2026
- Hodge Products, Inc.: Latest News: The Geometry Of Tube Cane
- Jennifer Cluff (flute): Whistles to Flute in "Come From Away" the Musical
- Aaron Lakota: Oboe Reed Gouging: Understanding Side Thickness for Better Reeds
- Stohrer Music: Adolphe Sax's Last Patent: A Man Ahead of His Time
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Favorite blog posts, June 2026
- New York City Woodwinds, LLC – BLOG (Michael Norsworthy): The Multi-Instrumentalist Moment (arguably commercial in nature but the information is useful)
- Steve Neff Music Blog (saxophone): Morgan Kind of Blue Cannonball Adderley Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review (arguably promotes a product but the history is interesting)
- Aaron Lakota: Oboe Reed Scraping for Beginners: A Three-Line Method
- The Flute View: The Flute Behind The Beatles’ “The Fool on the Hill” Heads to Auction
- Joffe Woodwinds (Ed Joffe): A Tribute to Gary Foster
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Favorite blog posts, May 2026
Just one to share this month:
- International Clarinet Association (Shawn Copeland and Jackie McIlwain): Pedagogy Corner — A Clarinetist on Her Head: Redefining Support
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Favorite blog posts, April 2026
- Jenny Maclay (clarinet): How to choose the best clarinet fingerings
- At the Woodwindfixer’s Bench (Jeff Dening): Help! My instrument got stolen!
- oboealli (Alli Gessner): Chronic Octave Key Water
- The Flute Examiner (Keith Hanlon): Flute Olympics: Tactile Dissonance When Doubling
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Favorite blog posts, February 2026
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- The Flute Examiner (Patrícia Pires): Recovering from an injury: a retrospective around a flutist’s individual experience
- Tammy Evans, flutist: Why You’re Running Out of Air on the Flute (and How to Fix It)
- oboealli (Alli Gessner): Oboe 101: Do I need a third octave key?
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Favorite blog posts, February 2026
- oboealli (Alli Gessner): How to get rid of extra air
- Jenny Maclay (clarinet): How to sing while playing clarinet
- earspasm – read. (Michael Lowenstern, bass clarinet): Famous Jazz Clarinet Greats…and Their Clarinets
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Favorite blog posts, December 2025
- International Clarinet Association (Shawn Copeland and Jackie McIlwain): Pedagogy Corner: Part 1 — Inhalation: When Balance Breathes For You
- earspasm – read. (Michael Lowenstern, bass clarinet): I’m in High School. Is it worth it to get a Low C Bass Clarinet?
- oboealli (Alli Gessner): Oboe 101: How much reed is too much reed?
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Favorite blog posts, November 2025
- Joffe Woodwinds (Ed Joffe): How to Practice Doubling
- The Flute View (Anjan Shah): Breath, Bamboo, and Stillness: A Saxophonist’s Journey into the Bansuri
The following are from commercial sites, but have worthwhile information:
- Clarinets by Copeland (Alexander Malone): Your Mouthpiece and You: An Overview
- Hodge Products, Inc.: Latest News (Clair Cangialosi): The Do’s And Don’ts Of Bassoon Reed Care