Brian Charles has been crafting high-quality handmade double reeds for over 40 years, combining expert knowledge with a passion for detail. As the owner of Charles Double Reed Company, he specializes in providing oboists and bassoonists with reeds that meet the needs of players at every level, from students to professionals.
In addition to reed making, Brian is a skilled repair technician, offering comprehensive repair services for double reed instruments. With a commitment to precision and customer service, he ensures that every reed and repair is tailored to the individual player, helping them achieve their best sound.
Through decades of experience, Brian has built a reputation for reliability, craftsmanship, and a deep understanding of double reed instruments, making Charles Double Reed Company a trusted resource for musicians worldwide.
We’re honored to feature Treasure Oboe Reeds on our website. Logan is an active double reed maker, performer, and teacher. A long-time Montana resident, Logan established Treasure State Reeds in the Spring of 2022. Logan stays very busy making high quality double reeds and teaching private lessons.
Logan attended the University of Montana, where he studied reed-making, pedagogy performance, auditions, and ensemble playing. He teaches both oboe and bassoon (a rare combo) and his students have achieved many successes. In teaching, he emphasizes reed making, performance, chamber ensembles, music theory, aural training, and career/college pursuits.
As a performer, Logan is active in four professional orchestras in Montana and serves on sub lists for two more. In orchestra, and in solo ventures, he performs on oboe, oboe d’amore, English horn, bassoon and contra bassoon!
He now resides in Phoenix, AZ pursuing advanced job and school opportunities.
We’re honored to feature Telos Oboe Reeds and Telos English Horn Reeds on our website. Edino Biaggi, the grand-nephew of the famous Argentinean Tango composer, pianist, and bandleader Rodolfo “Manos Brujas” Biaggi, embarked on his musical journey at the tender age of six.
This early start laid the foundation for a remarkable career as a distinguished oboist and educator. Edino’s exceptional talent has graced numerous prestigious concert halls and international tours, garnering him prestigious awards and accolades along the way.
Edino’s dedication to his craft led him to earn full scholarships to study under renowned oboe teachers Alex Klein and Humbert Lucarelli in Chicago and New York City. He later served as oboe faculty at two esteemed New York City universities, Queens and Brooklyn Colleges.
In addition to his prowess as a performer, Edino is also a skilled reed maker, overseeing a successful woodwind supply business. His innovative approach to reed making allows him to handcraft over 4,000 reeds annually, setting him apart as a true professional in his field.
Recognizing Edino’s exceptional talent, the United States Department of Homeland Security granted him his Green Card and U.S. citizenship solely based on his musical abilities, a feat that is both challenging and uncommon. Today, he maintains a busy schedule as a highly sought-after soloist, respected oboe mentor, and successful entrepreneur in the woodwind supply industry.
We’re honored to feature Sequoyah Oboe Reeds and Sequoyah English Horn Reeds on our website. Theresa Delaplain has had an admirable career as an oboist and pedagogue. She has performed as soloist with the Fort Smith Symphony, the North Arkansas Symphony, the Arkansas Philharmonic, the Thai National Orchestra, and the University of Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Wind Symphony, and Chamber Orchestra.
Delaplain is oboist with the Lyrique Quintette and serves as Principal Oboist for the Fort Smith Symphony and the Arkansas Philharmonic.
She is on the Arkansas Arts Council’s Arts on Tour roster as oboist with the Lyrique Quintette. The quintet has toured Spain, Germany, Thailand, Canada, and throughout the United States, giving formal concerts, school concerts, master classes, clinics, and workshops. The quintet released its Arrivals and Departures: Music of the Americas album on the Mark Classic label.
Delaplain has appeared at several International Double Reed Society Conventions, and she was a guest recitalist at the Southwest Contemporary Music Festival and Conference, in addition to performing at the College Music Society National and Regional Conventions.
She recently released an album, Souvenirs, with pianist Tomoko Kashiwagi on the MSR Classics label. Her YouTube channel about oboe reedmaking, “Something to Crow About,” (https://www.youtube.com/@somethingtocrowabout1408) has been viewed by thousands of oboe reedmakers, and her book, “My Kingdom for a Reed!” is a favorite among teachers and students.
She has just been announced as the second prize recipient in The American Prize in Instrument Performance Competition for 2024-2025
Dr. Delaplain teaches oboe and music theory at the University of Arkansas. She holds degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Bowling Green State University, and the University of Michigan. She is a Lorée Artist, and is the owner of Edmund Nielsen Woodwinds.
We’re honored to feature RK Red Bassoon Reeds, RK Teal Bassoon Reeds, and RK Red Bassoon Reeds On Our Website. Mr. Kandetzki, maker of all three styles of RK reeds that we stock, knew he wanted to play a musical instrument by the age of five! Recorder came first and by junior high school he was taking flute lessons.
In his first year of high school, as one of 20 flutists in the school orchestra, he made the excellent decision to switch to bassoon. Living near New York City at that time, Richard was privileged to have Joyce Kelly, NY City Opera principal bassoonist, as his primary teacher.
Prior to high school graduation, he began working for Jack Spratt Music Publishing in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. This venerable store was one of the few places in the US that specialized in cane, tools, supplies, and sheet music for double reeds. Besides filling stock and sending mail orders, he made all the bassoon and oboe reeds that were shipped out to customers. This amounted to perhaps thousands of reeds! He continued to work at Jack Spratt’s during summers between university semesters.
Gaining acceptance at The New England Conservatory of Music, he studied with Boston Symphony principal bassoonist Sherman Walt and Richard Plaster, Boston Symphony’s contra bassoonist.
Mr. Kandetzki’s performance credits include contra bassoonist with the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil (under Eleazar de Carvalho) and ten years as principal bassoon of the Ridgefield, Conn. Symphony. He has performed with the American Philharmonic at Lincoln Center, the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra, the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra, and the Manchester Symphony Orchestra, along with numerous chamber ensembles in New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.
He was a founding member of the Blackledge Woodwind Quintet and a member of the “Musical Friends” chamber group, both based in the Hartford, Connecticut area.
For a span of 10-15 years, he set the bassoon aside to concentrate on a career in software development and to raise his family.
After that successful career in software development, he returned to playing the instrument, and returned to making reeds, first for himself and then for others.
Retired from the corporate world, Mr. Kandetzki now lives in Brazil and continues his love of reed making.
Kevin King is a Boston based bassoonist and contra bassoonist with over 20 years of bassoon and contra bassoon reed making experience.
He studied with Richard Plaster and Charlie Bailey and currently plays with a number of Boston area orchestras. He is a reed maker who always strives to find new innovative tools and equipment to further enhance the performance of his reeds.
