Doublereed Archive - Posting 000053.txt from 2009/11

From: Herb Fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Marigaux oboes
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:08:36 -0500

Now now, Harold, don't be pickin' on Tab. He taught a lot of fine players,
not all of them oboists.
<open minds and ears> and all that...
Herb

On 11/15/09 12:37 PM, "harold@-----.br> wrote:

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> Dear List
> As a Loree man since I was in short pants,I hate to say this, but the last 10
> days or so I have been going to daily recitals --as the "curator" of the first
> fl-oboe-bn festival in Rio--and listening only to Marigaux oboes.I have been
> listening to new ones, aged and aging Marigaux oboes and must say they are all
> very stable and well tuned. Three decades or so my first instrument in the
> Brazilian symphony orch. was a Marigaux but I returned to Loree and continue
> playing a Royal with another secret oboe make(Howarth) in reserve.
> In any case, the Marigaux is the most popular oboe in Brazil,for some reason
> or other.I often wonder why it hasn't caught on in the US? Most likely because
> the oboehotshots starting with Tabateau never played them.
> Open minds and ears.
>
> Rgds,
>
> harold emert
> Rio-Brazil
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