My daughter, Kelly and I had the pleasure of meeting you recently at IDRS as we began the process of purchasing [her] instrument. Over the course of the past several months, I've called a few times to get information on used instruments. I have always received frank and honest assessments (both positive and negative) which proved very helpful. We h...

I just wanted to drop a line to let you know how well-received Sarah was today at the Georgia State University Annual Double Reed Day. Sarah’s presentation was informative, entertaining and highly beneficial to the several dozen young (and not-so-young) oboists in attendance. She welcomed everyone’s questions, encouraged open dialog and did an...

I wanted to mention briefly that we were very pleased to have Sarah Thelen and Barry Trent from Fox at the Georgia State University Double Reed Day. Barry's class was informative, and I felt that he engaged well with the students.

I know that the bassoon students especially enjoyed being able to play on some instruments that they do n...