Audrey Ungaro's
Critique of Oboe Reed Supplies
on the Web!

BEST *** AVERAGE *** WORST

Name Of Website Content Navigating
Capabilities
Load Speed Graphics
1. Forrests- The Double Reed Specialists Very Good Information
I'd give it an 8 or a 9.
Easy to navigate- 9 10!  Super Fast 9-Showed lots of pictures
of the supplies that they sell so the buyers know what they are getting
2. Oboe Works It was okay.  I'd give it a 7 or 8.  It had some interesting tips on it It was a little confusing and difficult to find the certain canes because of the layout of the site. I'd rate it a 7 10- It was fast 8- Showed come pictures of supplies, but not for everything.
3. Hodge Products 8- Pretty good, the website's homepage didn't look very high-tech though. 9- Pretty easy to find your way around 10- fast 9+ -Showed exact pictures of cane...whether it was gouged or not.  Good job!
4. Edmund Neilson Woodwinds 7- I didn't like the layout of the website.  It was too plain and didn't look very professional. 9- Easy to navigate 10- fast 10- I loved how they showed the pictures of the supplies right there and to order you would simply click on the price.  Very easy and interesting to see what you're getting.
5. RDG Woodwinds Inc. 7- Had okay information.  Nothing too fancy. 9- Easy to find what you need. 10- Fast 9- Pretty good graphics.  Showed what you would be getting on the picture and the price.
6. Charles Double Reed Co. 9- Had a lot of information and materials for the oboe plus other things like c.d.s and other sites. 10- Easy to make your way around 10 8- There were okay graphics, but nothing too special.
7. MKL Reeds 5- Didn't have anything too fancy or flashy.  Didn't seem credible.  Didn't even sell reeds when the site said  it did in the first place! 8- It wasn't very easy to navigate at times. 10 7- It wasn't very eye-catching
8. Jeanne Inc. 6- The site seemed not very reliable.  She was out of business till like June or something...that sends a red flag to me! 9- Easy to navigate 9 6- Didn't show pictures of supplies...that's not a very good feature
9. Midwest Musical Imports 9- Great content...lame looking page 7- It took me awhile to find out how to buy oboe supplies...it wasn't user-friendly 9 9- It showed pictures, but they weren't very high quality,
10. Mark Chudnow Woodwinds 8- It looked sleek and professional, but didn't have a lot of content 8- Easy to find everything 10 4- didn't show any pictures of oboe supplies...very sketch if you ask me.
11. Michele Forrest woodwinds 9- Looked nice and friendly, a lot of content 9 - Easy to find 10 6- Had a nice look to it, but didn't show pictures of products.
12. Products for the 18-21st Century Oboist 4- This site looked very unprofessional. 4- Not easy to navigate 9 3- Didn't show any pictures...I would not trust this website at all.
13. Hickey's Music Center Online 5- There was an okay amount of content, but the site didn't look credible. 5- Not very easy to find oboe supplies. 8-  a little on the slow side. 4- No pictures, no service...lame.
14. Singin' Dog Double Reed Supplies 6- It was okay, but pretty generic. 8- Easy to navigate! 10 8- It showed pictures of produts, but I didn't like the layout.
15. Stellar Oboe Products 6- It had a lot of content, but it looked like it was made in the '80s. 8- User friendly 10 7- There were hardly any pictures, and none of the products.
16. Quinlan and Fabish Music Co. 8- The site had a lot of content and looked nice. 7- Couldn't search and find actual oboe supplies! 10 9- The site had okay graphics, and showed pictures of reed supplies.
17. Lyman Oboe Supplies 5- hardly any content 8- easy to find your way around 10 5- Hardly any graphics at all, if any.
18. Covey Oboes 8- Contained a lot of content, but was sort of boring to look at. 3- It was easy to get to the oboe supplies, but there was no way to click on a link to buy anything. 10 3- There were hardly any graphics.
19. The Windmiller 9- Contained a sufficient amount of content. 8- Fairly easy to navigate. 8- Took too much time to load home page, 9- There were enough graphics to find what you needed.  It looked professional.
20. Reeds n' Stuff 5- Hardly any content and some parts were in a different language, 8- Easy to navigate, but the site lacked proper supplies. 8- Took a long time to load. 5- Not very many graphics.  The site didn't look like anyplace I wanted to order my cane from.