Erickson Reeds

11/24/2025

A thank you, and an announcement.

Thank you all, sincerely, for your orders! After 8 years and thousands of reeds sold, it’s time to hang it up. Erickson Reeds will close on December 15, 2025.

My performance calendar and my teaching obligations have reached a level that makes maintaining a reed making business onerous. While I’m sad to let go of the business, I’m proud of how my career has been going, and I’m very excited for the future!

In keeping with my original mission of reducing the cost of learning to play the oboe, I will continue providing free reeds to Title 1 schools in Oklahoma through the Broncho Reeds program, and I will continue making reeds for University of Central Oklahoma students.

Erickson Reeds was founded in 2017 with help from a micro-grant from the Florida State University College of Business, but the business remained successful because of orders from all of you. Thank you, once again, for purchasing Erickson Reeds!

11/02/2024

It’s happening! And it has been a great success so far. Join us this afternoon for events with our featured guest, Toyin Spellman-Diaz! If you can’t make it in person, her recital will be live streamed at 3:00 Central Time. The link is in the comments!

10/01/2024

New products! Erickson Reeds is now selling processed cane for oboe - gouged, shaped, and folded - in addition to our lineup of oboe reeds. Proceeds from all purchases at Erickson Reeds go toward increasing access to oboe resources for students in Oklahoma. This includes Broncho Reeds, which sends free monthly reeds to students in under-funded schools in Oklahoma. Shop Erickson Reeds and help provide access to oboe education for all!

Purchase professional quality, hand-made oboe reeds from oboist Scott D. Erickson

01/23/2024

Introducing Broncho Reeds - free reeds for students! Proceeds from all purchases of Erickson Reeds go toward funding this initiative to send free oboe reeds each month to students at Title I-funded schools.

09/13/2023

ANNOUNCING

The first ever UCOboe Fest will be taking place on Saturday, November 18, featuring guest artist Toyin Spellman-Diaz! The event is open to all oboists - students, professionals, and anywhere in between. Join us at the UCO School of Music for a fantastic event! The full schedule and registration will be available soon. Contact Dr. Scott D. Erickson at [email protected] for more information.

07/17/2023

Erickson Reeds is taking a break! In order to facilitate the move, I will not be fulfilling new orders until after August 10. I’m looking forward to shipping reeds from Oklahoma!

06/26/2023

And so it begins - Erickson Reeds is starting the gradual move to Oklahoma! I’m excited to take the business (and many boxes of textbooks) to the University of Central Oklahoma!