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Trouble switching to second octave

Here I started on low Ab and added the first octave key. It first refused to switch; then it started warbling between the two octaves when I used more air and finally with even more air it went to the upper octave but with an undertone of the lower octave. This happened with three different reeds and I dried out the octave vent with paper. Does this sound like a clog in the vent or something else?

Also this happened to some extent with most of my notes that use the first octave key with increasing severity as it approached Ab

u/bellsfry — 3 days ago

▲ 5 r/oboe

What is the significance of overlap on a reed?

On two of my reeds, one of them in the photo, in some way or another about two millimetres of overlap on one side has been chipped off. As a result, they are more resistant and on one of them, A in the middle of the staff is very flat while on the other, I cannot stably play upper octave Ab. Is this all because of the chipped overlap? Also, I have a reed knife; can I fix something like this with that? (I have no experience adjusting reeds but otherwise I think those reeds would be wasted)

Edit: APOLOGIES FOR THE PHOTO; MY PHONE CAMERA IS NOT GOOD

u/bellsfry — 5 days ago

▲ 5 r/PetPeeves

those cheap glaze images that people spam under indie work

Whenever I look at a thread spreading the word about some indie animated series or video game etc at least a quarter of the comments are bound to be one of those spammable meme images such as “absolute cinema”, one of the many memes that say “this is peak” etc.

I ABSOLUTELY DETEST THOSE IMAGES. First of all, the commenters are often applauding the creator’s effort in the struggle to rise as an indie artist. However, nearly no effort at all is put into posting those images. They just flood the comment section and crowd out actually useful feedback. Unfortunately, these images are really stimulating to many people and so grab a lot of upvotes.

Second of all, half of those images are condensed concentrated cringe extract. Thats all.

Edit: this phenomenon only happens when images are allowed in the comment section, thank smooze, but when they appear, it’s real bad

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u/bellsfry — 6 days ago

▲ 2 r/oboe

Ab6 refusing to play in that octave

Unless I use a LOT of air, this note keeps trying to go down an octave. It rapidly alternates between the octaves before jumping down completely. The key is opening correctly.

Edit:Ab5

u/bellsfry — 11 days ago

▲ 0 r/OCD

I share several classes with people who either look unattractive or are socially awkward, and whenever I see them happy or with their own small friend group I for some reason feel apprehensive and a desire to make them miserable. In middle school I had basically no friends except a very niche group of other hated people, and then I started actively strategising to get people to like me and then after a while I was unhated.

i think part of my hatred is because these socially awkward people don’t suffer like I did, so I felt it to be my job to put them in their place.

I have a parent who is very stubborn and is angered easily. I think they derive satisfaction from controlling others, so I am paying atttention to not grow up like them and start a cycle of abuse. This is why when I am near those people, I feel hatred toward them, but when I am away from this feeling, I feel horror toward myself. How do I stop this?

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u/bellsfry — 21 days ago

▲ 17 r/metalworking

I was swinging it at the wrong angle, trying to whack a blackberry vine for fun and the lid unscrewed itself and hit either a stone ground or someone’s kneecap hard. the victim is well now btw

According to the shop website description It is made of double walled stainless steel, and I am not an expert on metals but it is made of a type of steel such that a magnet is only weakly attracted to it. How can I fix this?

fortunately I have a lot of other water bottles in my cabinets so I won’t die of dehydration but I would like to salvage this one

u/bellsfry — 27 days ago