Jones Double Reed Products (JDRP) has produced oboe and bassoon reeds for over forty-five years. The company literally started on the kitchen table, one reed at a time, by Dr. Wendal S. Jones, who in the ‘60s made reeds for his students at the University of Arizona. Dr. Jones also taught his students how to make reeds, and to his delight several of those students are now principal players in major orchestras. During those days other professional double reed players, and also school music directors, began requesting that he make reeds for them.

All of JDRP’s cane comes from southern France where undeniably the best cane is grown. Both single reeds (clarinet & saxophone) and double reeds (oboe and bassoon) are made from the same natural product, Arundo Donax. This cane is a tall perennial plant, not really a bamboo but a grass relative, so it grows year round.

JDRP currently employs over twenty people and they come with very diverse backgrounds, including several former artists and professional musicians. Some of the current employees have been with the company for over twenty years, all employees are committed to making products that are consistent and of very high quality. Each employee understands the production process from start to finish and they have on-going and regular communication regarding the production of reeds. With a great team and product it’s no surprise that JDRP has become one of the largest producers of oboe and bassoon reeds in the world!