Reed (mouthpiece) a mandrel for bassoon reeds. Bassoon reeds are wrapped with nylon thread or cotton thread, depending on the musician's preference. Oboe reeds are most commonly tied with nylon thread. Finishing both bassoon and oboe reeds requires the reed-maker to scrape along the cane section of the reed with a scraping knife to specific dimensions and lengths depending on the reed style and the musician's preference. Bassoon and oboe reeds are finished when the reeds play in tune or can make a sufficient "crow"-like noise. Quadruple reed instruments have four reeds, two on top and two on bottom. Examples of this
How Much Land Does a Man Need? to his daughter that it is "the greatest story that the literature of the world knows"; Ludwig Wittgenstein was another well-known admirer. Motifs from the short story are used in the 1969 West German film "" directed by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg. - a collection including "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" How Much Land Does a Man Need? "How Much Land Does a Man Require?" (Russian: Много ли человеку земли нужно?, "Mnogo li cheloveku zemli nuzhno?") is an 1886 short story by Leo Tolstoy about a man who, in his lust for land, forfeits everything. The protagonist of the story