After a few days of playing in a new reed for a few minutes every day, personal adjustments can be made. I highly recommend the new book by Holger Simon and Georg Rieger entitled Tips and Tricks for Bassoon Reeds. 
​https://www.georgrieger.com/en/literature/buch-tipps-und-tricks-fuer-fagottrohre.html

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Reed adjustment links

Please click on or copy/paste a link below to take you to excellent sites or videos on reed adjustments

Christian Davidsson's excellent reed adjustment site
http://www.canit.se/~chrisdav/reedadj.html

https://www.crookandstaple.com/pages/how-to-adjust-bassoon-reeds

http://www.bassoonresource.org/tips.htm