In this episode, Russ Deluna talks to us about his secrets to success with making English horn reeds with a few jaw-dropping moments along the way! Russ Deluna is the English horn player of the San Francisco Symphony and oboe/English horn faculty at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Music excerpts: Três Peças Atlânticas: Chorinho baiano by Eurico Carrapatoso, performed by Courtney Miller; Scène aux champs from Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, San Francisco Symphony; Cinquième Suitte, I. Le Prudent-La Prudente by Jean-François Boüin, performed by Margaret Marco. Reed Talk is produced by Jason Slote.