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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000042.txt from 2005/03

From: Dlouhy Jonathan <dlouhy@-----.net>
Subj: [DR-L] rosewood Lorees
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 01:27:59 -0500

>A very nice rosewood Loree came my way this weekend that I'm
>considering buying. I've never owned a rosewood instrument, so I'm
>interested in people's experience with this type wood. I ask only
>about Lorees not because I have the incorrectly perceived myopia that
>Loree is the only brand worth owning, but because that's the brand I
>choose and because everyone ages their wood differently, etc. For an
>example, Laubin puts a rubber or plastic sleeve in the upper third of
>the top joint which obviously affects things. This instrument is very
>"dark" and warm sounding, and is extremely stable. The tone is also
>fairly hazy, which is what I'm most concerned with. If it was
>grenadilla I know from experience that a lot of the haze would go
>away and the sound will clear up and become more open. Is this the
>normal way of things with rosewood as well?
>
>Thanks.

--
Peace,
Jonathan Dlouhy
Principal Oboe
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
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