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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000027.txt from 2007/02

From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Age of my English Horn
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 15:25:51 -0500

What makes an oboe a "poor tired oboe"? Isn't "being blown out" just folk
lore? Vibration is physics. Just curious.
Herb

On 2/3/07 7:54 AM, "Angela Wells" <oneflute1oboe@-----.com> wrote:

> Yep, I have oboe number 96D. It has a nice clear sound, but it's a poor
> tired old oboe. I'm excited about buying a new one as soon as I have the
> fund$.
>
> Any site that lists serial numbers and manufacturers probably won't have
> your instrument listed either. Knowing which Rigoutat generation built it is
> probably as close as you're going to get.
>
> ~Angela
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Itzik Dekel <dekely@-----.il>
>
> Thanks Angela !
> Yes exactly, it predates their present documentation. (By the way I once
> saw a site mentioning the different serial numbers of the main oboe
> producers - has anyone stillgot it ?)
> Has your serial number got letters and numbers ?
>
>
>
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