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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000044.txt from 2007/02

From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Old oboes --- was :Age of my English Horn
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 19:40:53 -0500

No one has mentioned the contribution of many tiny leaks. Even the darned
wood will allow air to seep. A touch of oil now and then seems to correct
that leak, but the pads etc are another matter. A wind instrument MUST seal.
Herb

On 2/3/07 2:56 PM, "Sameer Al-Abdullah" <simsim29@-----.com> wrote:

> I heard alot of people over here saying that an old wooden instrument
> is more valuable, expensive and sound alot better simply because the
> wood is old. This was said about clarinets from a clarinet player. I
> told the guy maybe thats true since I knew nothing about clarinets but
> old "blown out"oboes are not expensive and wont play as good as a new
> good oboe. Am I right?
>
> The same thing i hear about the Oud, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oud
> . The older the oud ( wood) the better the sound. From what i
> understood the wood of the oud sounds better if it's been played for
> years. I dont know, is it something with the physic of the wood and
> the tones resonating thru it all these years?
>
> When I first received my brand new oboe I took it out of the case, put
> it together and it played like a dream. Two days later and after my
> oboe sniffed the hot dry air of the desert that lovely dream turned to
> a nightmare.
>
> Old is gold for sure but hey, I look horrible in it!!
>
> xx
>
> On 2/3/07, Kevin H. Moore <oboetools@-----.com> wrote:
>> It's not folklore at all. It's real.
>>
>> The top joint becomes worn down over time, affecting sound and tuning. Just
>> before getting my new(er) oboe in 1992, playing my old one had become
>> torture, literally. If I hadn't gotten a new one, I'd have had to quit. Yes,
>> it was _that_ bad.
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "herb fawcett" <herbgosia@-----.net>
>> To: <doublereed@-----.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 15:25 Hrs
>> Subject: Re: [DR-L] Age of my English Horn
>>
>>
>>> 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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