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Not sure where to start?
We field these questions every day. Here's a place to begin — and you can always call or email and talk to a real player.
- Buying your first oboeWhat to look for, what to skip, and how we help students choose.
- Buying your first bassoonSizing, budget, and the questions worth asking before you commit.
- Choosing a bassoon bocalHow bore, length, and material change response and pitch.
- Reed-making essentialsThe tools and cane a new reed maker actually needs first.
- Shopping for a studentDurable, sensible picks for school and early study.
- Instrument repairWhat we service, turnaround, and how to send an instrument in.
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Since 1946
Why Forrests
Serving double reed players since 1946
Decades of specialist knowledge, not a general music store.
Expert advice
Talk to people who actually play oboe and bassoon.
Thousands of specialized products
Reeds, cane, tools, instruments, and hard-to-find parts.
Instrument repair and service
Skilled repair for double reed and woodwind instruments.
About Forrests
A specialty shop, not a warehouse
Forrests has spent decades helping oboe and bassoon players find the right reed, the right cane, the right instrument. We keep an enormous specialized inventory and we'd rather point you to what actually fits than sell you the most expensive thing.
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Occasional notes on new arrivals, restocks, and useful double-reed resources. No noise.