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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000075.txt from 2007/06

From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Blown out oboes
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:45:28 -0400

Way to go, Harold!
Herb

On 6/15/07 11:38 AM, "HAROLD" <harold@-----.br> wrote:

> 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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