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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000028.txt from 2008/04

From: "HAROLD" <harold@-----.br>
Subj: [DR-L] Can octave vent holes be enlarged? (oboe)
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:22:14 -0400

I thought --mistaken that enlarging the octave hole would raise the
octave.It is just the contrary--the hole,from what I learned afterwards,had
to be closed a bit with wax.Correct me if I am wrong

Rgds,

harold

> Mike,
>
> When I had a GA Loree, my teacher at the time, Jimmy Caldwell, enlarged
> its lower octave vent. I don't know precisely what he used to enlarge the
> hole, except to say that it looked sort of like a screwdriver. You can buy
> itsy bitsy drill bits at a hobby shop, you know. Maybe you have a
> Hobbytown USA in your area; they have them for sure. I can't recall if he
> enlarged the top octave vent or not.
>
> I would really suggest consulting a good repairperson, though, someone who
> is also an oboe player and reed-maker. The octaves really shouldn't be
> doing that.
>
> David Crispin
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Benthin -MUTS oboe support" <benthin@-----.net>
> To: <doublereed@-----.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 11:22 AM
> Subject: [DR-L] Can octave vent holes be enlarged? (oboe)
>
>
>> I've been practising to be able to play harder reeds, and have a rather
>> "open, not pinched embouchure" I have noticed that with the Loree (older
>> GG series) on a hard reed the lower vent notes like G and A flat will
>> drop to the lower octave unless I pinch. Very annoying. This does not
>> happen on the old backup Kohlert oboe- I checked, and the diameter of the
>> vent on the Kohlert is visibly wider- is this a factor? I can't blame it
>> on a dirty vent, because when I had them cleaned, it was the same on some
>> reeds.
>> Any knowledge about what happens to upper notes if the vent size is
>> enlarged?
>>
>>
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