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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000017.txt from 2007/04

From: Jackie Kovach <jl.kovach@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Oboe's forked F
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 01:13:46 -0400


On Apr 2, 2007, at 8:44 PM, Barbara Trautwein wrote:

> 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!!!!

HA! So THAT'S where I got it from! I studied with Elden in college
and happen to love my forked F without the Eb key and teach my
students not to use it. I love the sound, the way it attacks, the
soft, velvety quality of the note.

Jackie

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Jacqueline Kovach, oboe
Temple University Music Prep faculty
Community College of Philadelphia, adjunct faculty
http://geocities.com/briankovach19126

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