This is a free blowing student reed, designed with a slightly strengthened tip. This is the unwired type of reed, suitable for a student in his or her first year of oboe playing.
Reeds are the main source of frustration for the budding oboe player. Consider looking at the small booklet "Oboeist's Reed Doctor' and then obtain the necessary tools (which we sell) to save money in the long term and have reeds of which you are the master!