Doublereed Archive - Posting 000023.txt from 2009/04

From: leel@-----.net
Subj: [DR-L] Re: Oboe d'amore
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:56:25 -0400

I think most of the dealers who sell Lorée also sell the oboes d'amore.
But probably most do not stock them because of high cost and low demand.
I got mine from Pat McFarland in 1983, but there was a wait of several
months because he didn't stock them. In fact, the wait was shortened
because someone else canceled their order and Lorée shipped him that
one, reducing my wait to about 3 months. It would probably have been 6
months otherwise. But of course that was in 1983. Now there could be no
waiting if you find a dealer who keeps them in stock.

Midwest Musical Imports also sells them and has them available in other
brands besides Lorée. They offer Fossati and Howarth as well and last I
looked they had a used one from Bulgheroni. Used ones are pretty rare in
the US because there aren't that many to be had. I think the Bulgheroni
was around $4000 but am not sure. Check MMI's website. New ones are
around $7000 if I recall.

If you can, try to get more than one to evaluate. I was extremely lucky
in that the one I got happened to be a good one. Professionals who've
played it all praised it highly. But it was sheer luck. When I got it, I
had no idea what it SHOULD have sounded or felt like because I had never
played one before in my life and had only begun making reeds for one. So
they're harder to evaluate than an oboe or an English horn if you've
already played one because they ARE different and you don't have a good
reference point as you would with the oboe or English horn. Last year
the university or symphony rented mine and also got a rental from one of
the instrument sellers. The guy who played mine said having the two to
try at the same time showed mine was substantially better than the
rental. Like I say, sheer luck. Since you're not far from Europe, a trip
to Paris to try more than one might be well worth your while. I remember
wishing at the time that I knew someone here who could evaluate it
professionally.

At the time I got mine, I was told that Lorée had redesigned their
instrument in 1979, and the result was well regarded. How they are now
or how the other makers (Marigaux, Rigoutat, Fossati, or Howarth)
compare I have no idea. But I have heard oboes d'amore are more common
in Europe than in the US.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:17:23 -0400
> To: "doublereed@-----.org>
> From: Brenda Casciani <bcasciani@-----.com>
> Subject: Re: [DR-L] oboe d'amore
> Message-Id: <CB20C4D7-644B-44B7-89AE-5C72C071BFCA@-----.com>
>
> I got a nice oboe d'amore from Carlos Coelho woodwinds.
>
> Brenda casciani
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 20, 2009, at 12:33 PM, Sameer Al-Abdullah <simsim29@-----.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Does anyone know of any oboe d'amore dealers in the US? I'd appreciate
>> it if someone could suggest names or sites.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> --
>> Sameer Al-Abdullah
>>
>>

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