Mark Reeds been diagnosed with an inoperable form of cancer. Reeds died on April 14, 2015 at the age of 55 from esophageal cancer; having been hospitalized with pneumonia, and is survived by wife Mary and two children. During the 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs, both the Montreal Canadiens and Senators held moments of silence in Reeds' memory. Mark Reeds Mark Allen Reeds (January 24, 1960 – April 14, 2015) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL), and was also an assistant coach for the Ottawa Senators of the NHL. He was born in Toronto,
Oboe solos exist for the regular oboe in chamber, symphonic, and operatic compositions from the Classical era. The Wiener oboe is a type of modern oboe that retains the essential bore and tonal characteristics of the historical oboe. The Akademiemodel Wiener Oboe, first developed in the late 19th century by Josef Hajek from earlier instruments by C. T. Golde of Dresden (1803–73), is now made by several makers such as André Constantinides, Karl Rado, Guntram Wolf, Christian Rauch and Yamaha. It has a wider internal bore, a shorter and broader reed and the fingering-system is very different than the conservatoire oboe.