68% resistance/32% flexibility. Rich, resonant tone. String color red. Tip opening: open.
Oboe Reed #12 is an advanced reed that requires a firmer amount of air pressure but rewards you with a rich tone. These reeds are slightly more open than their neighbors, the #11s and the #13s, but is not as open as the #10s or the #15s.
Bocal Majority has a unique system for naming their reeds. They assign them a number based on criteria about their levels of resistance. The numbers on this chart show the percentage of resistance in the reed on the left, and the percentage of flexibility in the reed on the right.
