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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000073.txt from 2007/06

From: "HAROLD" <harold@-----.br>
Subj: [DR-L] Blown out oboes
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:38:29 -0400

I was playing at a rehearsal yesterday with my lovely and expensive Loree
Royal(2000) and next to me was a young gal playing a lovely but old
Marigaux.
"Don't sell that instrument it has a lovely sound and is so well tuned,Just
change some springs and pads and it will be fine,"I--now the
ageing,experiencing oboist,advised the young lady
Her oboe,a Marigaux,turns out to be the one I was playing when I first came
to Brazil to take up the position of first oboe of the Brazilian Symphony in
1973.
Could kick myself for selling it!

Rgds,

Harold in Rio
----- Original Message -----
From: "herb fawcett" <herbgosia@-----.net>
To: <doublereed@-----.org>
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: [DR-L] Blown out oboes

> Reminds me of the old theory (in USA) that there was reason in replacing
> one's car every two years.(something about balance of resale and
> depreciation values). Never understood that, and I learn now that folks
> are
> paying millions for some of the old "muscle cars" of the 60-70s era.
> I believe that well made things are worth maintaining and keeping as long
> as
> the job is being done.
>
>
> On 6/15/07 10:44 AM, "David Lurie" <klingsor@-----.com> wrote:
>
>> My take on this is slightly different. It's not that the crappy notes
>> get blown out, but the exact opposite: according to what I understand
>> about this theory, the more you play on it, the crappier the notes
>> become. IOW, a "blown out" instrument is either all or mostly just
>> crappy notes. That's one of the reasons why the theory is used by
>> unscrupulous sales persons to get the gullible people who believe it
>> to buy new instruments. I had a Laubin oboe that I played on
>> constantly for more than 30 years, and it wasn't any worse after all
>> that time than it was when I played it for the very first time.
>>
>> Have a happy!
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> At 10:42 AM 6/15/2007, you wrote:
>>> I don't think that's it. My Loree is 14 years old and it still
>>> seems to have plenty of crappy notes left in it...maybe I don't play
>>> it enough to rid it of all the crappy notes in it...just not sure.
>>> FJ
>>>
>>> From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
>>>
>>> What, exactly, gets blown out? All the crappy notes?
>>> Herb
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