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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000089.txt from 2007/06

From: "Ed B. Flowers" <flowerse@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Lovely out-of-tune oboes???
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 12:09:22 -0400

Harold,

Every Loree has the same notes out of tune. So when you play them,
naturally, you lip the out-of-tune notes into tune. So don't tell me
that the Es and Gs of your Loree aren't sharp. You have to open up, pull
in the corners of your mouth, lighten the pressure on the reed and bring
these notes in tune by playing them a bit flat.

Marsha claims that an oboist's face is in constant motion. After a
while, though, this becomes instinctive and you forget that you're doing
it. Flutists do the same thing, but there all the action occurs in
slight lip adjustments and isn't as visible as it is on the oboe.

Edward B. Flowers (ob, EH)
New York City

HAROLD wrote:
> But --beg to differ ED--a good sound is also playing in tune.My ears
> hurt to hear "lovely" sounding out of tune oboes play badly phrased
> and out of the style music.Prefer a tuned oboe/bassoon playing
> musically and in the style.
> HHolliger and Leon Goosens sound very good indeed to my ears!
>
> Cheers,
>
> harold emert
>
> in Rio de Janeiro,capital of Pan American games(July)
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed B. Flowers"
> <flowerse@-----.net>
> To: <doublereed@-----.org>
> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 12:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [DR-L] Re: 21 yr old Elizabeth Koch,Curtis dropout=ASO
> Principal Oboe
>
>
>> Carlberg,
>>
>> Yes, I think this is true. Most Lorees have sharp Es and Gs, etc.,
>> but they sound good. The oboes that are in tune don't have a tone
>> that sounds as good. I assume that this is a tradeoff, or an
>> obsessively perfectionist company like Loree would have been making
>> oboes that played all notes in tune long ago.
>>
>>
>
>
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