"Beautiful sound and great high register"
John Symer
oboist and world famous repairman
I have had a word of mouth reed business for over 10 years with very faithful clients that range from 12 to 65. I have made reeds for players in the National Symphony, the St. Paul Chamber orchestra, and people who make their living doing recordings for films as well as junior high school students and college students. They all have one thing in common -they receive my professional reeds.
I don’t make medium soft extra fluffy kind of flarpish reeds, an easy but sort of hard kind of hard in the high register reed. I make one kind of reed: good. Some people claim that they only send out what they would play on and that they have triple-play tested them. I actually do that! I have no assistants and I do everything myself. The turnaround time for orders may take up to three weeks, depending on the size of the order and the number of reeds previously ordered by others.
I believe in my reeds so strongly that if you have an issue, you may contact me for a replacement. This has only happened 3 times, and these people are STILL my customers. I am the kind of oboist that loves to make reeds. I myself had a tenured orchestra job for 13 years before resigning. I have subbed in major orchestras on both the oboe and English horn. I teach extensively and am aware of what works for people, not just myself, in a reed:
Tone, Pitch, Stability
I decided to begin LTK Reeds this year after constant urging from friends and colleagues. I offer oboe reeds and English horn reeds.
LIZ TOMORSKY KNOTT
OWNER OF LTK REEDS
Questions or feedback? Please contact me.
"I strongly recommend her reeds for students, amateurs and professionals alike."
Bill Parrish
Principal oboe, Roanoke Symphony Orchestra
Reeds:
Choose your instrument below. Shipping at checkout is priority mail at $12.00 per order in the United States.* Please note that receiving orders can take up to four weeks because all reeds are made to order. If you want to ensure you always have a reed on hand, consider our subscription option below.
START A REED SUBSCRIPTION!
Ensure that you always have a good quality reed on hand when you start a LTK Reeds subscription. Choose your instrument below, then the quantity of reeds you would like to receive each month. The credit card entered at checkout will be saved to your Customer Account, and future monthly orders will be placed automatically. Shipping is $12.00 per order.
*LTK Reeds does indeed ship outside of the United States; however, you must contact Liz directly to arrange this since we don’t process international orders on our website.
LTK Reeds has consulted a physician about germs and reeds. He suggested soaking reeds in Everclear which is 180 proof ethanol and will kill any and every germ. All reeds will go through this process before being packaged and shipped.
"I want to give my highest recommendation to Liz Knott's reeds. Light, efficient, and beautifully crafted....even sound and centered pitch..."
John Ferrillo
principal oboe, boston symphony orchestra
faculty: new england conservatory, boston university
formerly principal oboe of metropolitan opera orchestra
and faculty at the juilliard school of music, nyc
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