Bret Pimentel, woodwinds

If you're considering a school where you might study with someone who isn't a performer on your double reed instrument, it would be worthwhile to find out their plan for teaching you reedmaking.

Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, May 2018 edition.

Answers to questions submitted for the blog's 10th anniversary.

Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, April 2018 edition.

I was hoping to announce this a week ago, on the anniversary of the ReedCast™’s debut, April 1, 2015,but things got a little delayed. Anyway, you can now get your guaranteed-accurate, highly scientific ReedCast™ on your Alexa device. Check it out! You can, of course, still get your classic ReedCast™ on the web.

Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, March 2018 edition.

Be sure to check out my recent interview with Trent Jacobs, the inventor of the Little-Jake bassoon/woodwind pickup. During the past year I got myself a Little-Jake to experiment with some electrified bassoon playing. I didn’t know much about using electronics in this way, and it took some research and trial-and-error to figure out exactly ...

Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, February 2018 edition.

Last summer I finally got myself a Little-Jake setup so I could experiment with some electric bassoon playing. The inventor of the Little-Jake, Trent Jacobs, is a performer, educator, and reedmaker, and I’ve linked to his blog posts on a number of occasions. Trent was kind enough to answer a few questions about himself and ...

Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, January 2018 edition.