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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000064.txt from 2004/08

From: "Jonathan Dlouhy" <dlouhy@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Best Oboes in the World
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 21:38:49 -0400

Let me restate my apparently unclear remark. In my opinion, at this point,
August, 2004, Loree oboes are the best oboes in the world. Sorry if I was
unclear.

Peace,
--
Jonathan Dlouhy
Principal Oboe,
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Wednesday, August 11, 2004 9:37:37 PM
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----- Original Message -----
From: <oboetools@-----.com>
To: <doublereed@-----.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 7:31 PM
Subject: [DR-L] Best Oboes in the World

> My slightly less than humble opinion would have to be that the best oboes
> have yet to be made. Although I have owned great Lorees. All tend to have
some
> problems.
>
> As noted, Lorees tend to have flatter low registers, and terrible forked
> "f"s. Laubins tend to be terribly inflexible pitch-wise. Yamahas don't
have the
> range of tone that Lorees usually have (although the response is rather
good
> most of the time, the forked "f"s do sound just like any note on the rest
of the
> instrument!), and they crack more often.
>
> I really wish that somebody would make an oboe that combined the best
aspects
> of all oboes on the market.
>
> Just my opinion.
>
> Kevin
>
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