Hodge Products began in 1992 in southern Maryland as Ann Hodge Double Reed Supplies, committed to providing oboe reeds and accessories to oboe players. As an oboist, Ann Hodge was used to using silk to clean her instruments. Silk has long been used by oboists because they had recognized that silk’s ability to compress made it possible to go through the very small diameter opening at the top of the oboe. In 1995, Ann then applied that concept to making silk swabs for all the woodwind instruments and began supplying music stores with Hodge silk swabs. Swabs for some of the brass instruments were added in 2015. Her husband, Alan, joined the company full time in 2001 and the name was changed to Hodge Products, Inc. The business was moved to the Blue Ridge Mountains in central Virginia in 2003. Hodge Silk Swabs are distributed by all the major American Music Distributors and by a number of international distributors as well. We at Hodge Products work hard to supply musicians with high quality swabs that do the job right.

Hodge Products began making student reed cases in 1998 to offer quality reed cases at affordable prices. These are also available from many of the leading American music industry distributors. We are continuing to strive to bring quality products to musicians.