If you want to be an oboist, I mean a serious oboist—invest in a good vacuum cleaner. And you probably want to have a room without carpet to make reeds in. Sigh, I don’t think I’ll ever get all the cane shavings out of my carpet. It’s a lost cause.
Ok, enough complaining. The good news is: all those cane shavings means lots of happy reeds in my reedbox!