Tone of
Tradition

Since 2021, Buzz & Woody Reeds has done more than refine an old tradition: we've started a new one. Guided by over 20 years of reed making experience, we fuse multiple unique techniques from a variety of styles to provide players with an unmatched performing experience. Buzz & Woody Reeds are made entirely by hand in small batches here in southeast Texas. To achieve optimal quality and consitency, our reeds are aged, play tested, and refined over the course of many weeks, making every reed worth your patience.

Materials
Matter

Buzz & Woody Reeds uses only the highest quality cane imported from Europe, with the world-renown Herzberg shape and beveling technique setting the foundation for each. This ensures that our reeds respond with ease across the entire range of the bassoon, and allows players to project a dark yet resonant tone with an even intonation throughout every register. We want to expand the perception of “store-bought” reeds and prove that it doesn't always mean settling for a harsh, abrasive, or difficult to produce sound. As a unique finishing touch, we include our specially designed reed case with each order. Made with precision-cut, mold-resistant foam, our cases securely protect each reed and allow us to ship out the thinnest, most precisely scraped tips of any bassoon reed on the market.

Buzzy
Beginnings

Dr. Brett Van Gansbeke is passionate about reeds and has over 20 years of reed making experience. As a full-time lesson instructor since 2013, he has consistently provided high-quality reeds to more than 200 young bassoonists in his private studio. Dr. Brett’s students have gone on to study bassoon at Curtis, Manhattan School of Music, University of Oklahoma, and Yale. Achievements of his students during high school include multiple 5A and 6A Texas All-State selections, 1st chair overall Texas 6A All-State on multiple occasions, membership in the National Youth Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra 2, Houston Youth Symphony, Houston Virtuosi, and participation in various other summer programs such as Interlochen and Tanglewood. Guided by this breadth of experience, Dr. Brett decided to launch Buzz & Woody Reeds with the goal of offering his affordable, high-quality reeds to even more bassoonists of all ages and skill levels.