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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000082.txt from 2007/07
From: Matthew Peaceman <mpeaceman@-----.de>
Subj: [DR-L] Joseph oboes etc.
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:10:31 -0400
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>Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 08:14:07 -0400
>To: doublereed@-----.org
>From: "Ed B. Flowers" <flowerse@-----.net>
>Subject: =3D?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re=3D3A_=3D5BDR-L=3D5D_Young_ASO_Principal_Ob?=
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>Phil,
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>As you know, I'm a Loree addict. But you work for Forrests Music, so,=20
>have you ever played a Yamaha or a Joseph? How do they compare?
>
>Edward B. Flowers (ob, EH)
>New York City
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I have played Joseph, Yamaha, Marigeaux, Lor=E9e etc., etc. etc. Joseph =
is not a mass produced oboe nor a cheap copy of any kind. It is made by =
a master craftsman with a special sound and feel for an oboe in his ear. =
One of them I played I thought was possibly the best oboe I have ever=20
played. Others have not made the same impression but they were all=20
excellent. Joseph has made some very major changes with some very=20
distinct results in the sound and response of the oboe. It's possibly=20
the most expensive oboe on the market today though. At the other end of=20
the financial spectrum, the Yamah, in any case the model made for the=20
German market in semi-automatic form, which I own and use is at least=20
comparable in response, sound and intonation if not distinctly better=20
than most every oboe I have played. At the same time it is one of the=20
most flexible oboes I have ever played. It does not require that I have=20
but one type of sound but allows me to play in many different ways. This =
is my major critique of the Joseph, Ludwig Franke and some other similar =
oboes. They each have very warm sounds with easy response all over the=20
scale but tend to sound the same regardless of what you do to try to=20
change it.
For some this characteristic is the answer to all one's problems, for=20
others such as myself, it feels a little like being in a cage. In any=20
case the globalisation project is not a oneway street. If American oboe=20
playing experiences an interruption in the knee-jerk brand-xenophobia=20
that still dominates it might just discover that individual taste can be =
enhanced by an individual choice of instrument.
Greetings from Rio de Janeiro
Matthew
=2EEmail: mpeaceman@-----.com
Web: http://www.mpeaceman.com
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