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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000015.txt from 2007/04
From: Barbara Trautwein <mzeztee@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Oboe's forked F
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 20:44:00 -0400
I remember Elden Gatwood (at the time, 2nd oboe in Cleveland) telling me
that forked f without the Eb key was the darkest, best sounding note on
his Loree and he wished he could match the rest of his oboe to it .
This was the voice of Lifschey's 2nd oboe!!!!
2 cents
B
HAROLD wrote:
> Hmm... this forked F discussion on the eve of Passover and close to
> Easter is bringing back all kinds of memories.One of my favorite
> oboists, Robert Fischer--who went into advertising but should have
> taken his teacher(Tabateau student) Harold Gomberg's job in the NYPHil
> in a just world--used to play the loveliest forked F I ever heard and
> if memory recalls never used the "regular" F.To remedy an unstabole F
> on one of my old Lorees,HHolliger suggested that Alain put on a key
> which had gone out of style on the original Lorees.To my surprise he
> did and the F became stable.
> Memory speak.Happy Holidays to all!
> Harold in Brazil
> Has anyone noticed that this has been a bassoonless day?Don't
> bassoonists have problematical notes???f
>
>
> rom: Miriam Williams
> To: doublereeds@-----.org
>
>
> I seem to recall that Tabuteau had his resonance hole when playing F
> made inoperable?
>
> My forked F without the resonance (Eb) key open is a bit stuffy, too,
> esp. the lower octave, but to facilitate technique, I sometimes don't
> use it (and teach it that way also). If one doesn't have the option of
> L F, then sometimes that's okay, IMO. Of course, if it made a big
> difference in tuning as well as tone, one would have to use the Eb key
> (r or L).
>
> Also, I managed to get through April 1st unfooled!
>
> Miriam
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