We, Oscar Ramspek and Frans Jurjaanz, have started our business with a shared passion, the making of the best possible reeds. We want to put an end to the perpetual fight that clarinetists and saxophonists have with factory reeds. We make top quality and individually measured reeds for each and every player. Thanks to our many years of experience and the newest high-tech CNC milling techniques we’re now capable of making and reproducing reed shapes with unparalled precision. Through our years of experience as players and teachers we understand the wishes and comments of our customers. Everything about our production process is highly geared to the quality of the reed. Our mission is to help every player that is unsatisfied with his or her current reeds because we know that you can only reach the top with the best reeds. Oscar Ramspek (1961) studied clarinet with Piet Honingh (The Hague), George Pieterson (Amsterdam), Hans Deinzer (Hannover) en Harold Wright (Marlboro, VS). During his career he has played solo concertos with The Radio Symphony Orchestra, The Hague Philharmonic and the Arnhem Philharmonic. He was a member of the European Community Youth Orchestra (1983-1985) and a regular substitute for the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He is a Professor of Clarinet at the ArtEZ Conservatory in Zwolle (since 1988). He has played a great deal of contemporary music and worked together with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Gyorgi Ligeti. He is the first clarinetist in the Arnhem Philharmonic, a position he has held since 1985. He often performs chamber music. Oscar Ramspek has been making his own reeds since 1980. During the years he has perfected his reed making techniques. In 2008 he started JURA REEDS together with Frans Jurjaanz. This gives him the perfect opportunity to use all his experience as a player and reed maker for making custom-made single reeds. Frans Jurjaanz (1965) studied with Piet Honingh at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam and finished his studies there in 1993. During and after his studies he was a clarinet teacher in Noordwijkerhout and Amstelveen. He also played in various ensembles and substituted in different orchestras. Since 1998 he works in commercial and management functions for businesses and non-profit organizations. He works part-time at the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital since 2004. Frans Jurjaanz has been making reeds for personal use since 1986. In 2003 he started Reed Atelier Jurjaanz to make custom-made reeds for professional clarinetists. His exchange of ideas and inspiration with Oscar Ramspek led to the founding of JURA REEDS in 2008.     ©