After a career as one of the world's finest orchestral players, Mr Rechtman is renowned for his beautiful, effortless style of playing. This he ascribes to his own unique system of reed adjustment, which he details in this booklet, with full colour photographs and instructions.

The Bassoon Reed ‘My System’ offers a completely new approach to reed adjustment which cannot be found in other books. The basis for my system is that the bassoon and crook form a cone from the bell of the instrument ...