Using only basic tools and materials, this guide tells you how to make a bassoon reed without surrounding it in mystery. Making a bassoon reed is fiddly and you mess up the first few, but after that you get the hang of it and it truly is easy. It is the sort of thing you can do in front of the TV or while listening to a concert on the radio.

This guide uses very simple to follow step-by-step instructions, with colour photographs illustrating each step.

With this guide you will soon be making your very own bassoon reeds!