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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000047.txt from 2007/02

From: "Kevin H. Moore" <oboetools@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Age of my English Horn
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 19:56:39 -0500

From playing, simply from playing.

I am sure bassoons play differently over time, as well. Clarinets do, but
since their bores are larger, it's something that takes a good deal longer.
But for the record, I use a feather. A friend of mine has a McCaw parrot and
gives me a batch of tail feathers periodically.

Kevin

----- Original Message -----
From: "herb fawcett" <herbgosia@-----.net>
To: <doublereed@-----.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 19:33 Hrs
Subject: Re: [DR-L] Age of my English Horn

> Worn... How? Feather...silk swab?
> Herb
>
>
> On 2/3/07 12:30 PM, "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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