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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000014.txt from 2007/04

From: Barbara Trautwein <mzeztee@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Oboe's forked F
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 20:38:31 -0400

Gotcha!

David Lurie wrote:

> Sorry I made a goof in my first reply. I said RH F when I should have
> said LH F. Pls excuse.
>
> David
>
> At 02:09 PM 4/2/2007, you wrote:
>
>> Addenda:
>> I learned the"trick" of using the Eb key with the forked F many
>> moons ago from a Belgian bassoonist,a fine instrumentalist/bn. prof
>> who taught the top oboe,bn. and cl in the South African Broadcasting
>> Corporation(my first paying job). It worked in the old days before
>> tuning machines.Check the two Fs on the tuner and you will note that
>> the Forked F with the Eb will turn out to be too sharp
>> harold
>> ----- Original Message ----- ----- Original Message ----- From:
>> "Michael Benthin" <benthin@-----.net>
>> To: <doublereeds@-----.org>
>> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 12:22 PM
>> Subject: [DR-L] Re: [doublereeds] Oboe's forked F
>>
>>
>>> The resonance tone hole for forked F is the same place as the Eflat
>>> tonehole-can't they just make it bigger to do the same thing??
>>> On my old Loree (GG49) the Forked F is "stuffier" in sound than
>>> with the Eflat key held down- I use the latter a lot as it is more
>>> in line tonewise with the other notes but slightly sharp (and more
>>> in tune with the high F's of the flutes). I subconsciously lip this
>>> F down a bit too......those with no side F can also learn to slide
>>> their finger from the regular F key over and down to play
>>> D......harder the other way- an extended key or roller would help
>>> there...
>>>
>>> Yvonne Haines wrote:
>>
>>
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