Doublereed Archive - Posting 000058.txt from 2009/11

From: Herb Fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Marigaux oboes
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:05:42 -0500

I hope the trend in "modern" oboes is different from the way the newer
bassoons seem to go. They are certainly louder and maybe have a more stable
intonation, but they don't have the beauty of sound that was inherent in
some vintage Heckels.
I have always liked the tag-line of Porsche's ads. They don't say they are
the best car or the fastest car or whatever... It is simply: "there is No
substitute". That says it pretty succinctly. Play what moves you, not a
trend.
Be well,
Herb

On 11/15/09 1:39 PM, "Claire Binkley" <ClrBear430@-----.net> wrote:

> Dear Harold,
> My entire studio here in West Chester, PA uses Lor=E9e except for maybe one
> contemporary of mine who uses a Howarth oboe, at least so I think. In fac=
t,
> one trumpets being "a Lor=E9e whore".
> I have never heard a Marigaux oboe in my studio, although admittedly it's=
an
> American studio.
> I am deliberating finding a Howarth English horn for myself. Right now I'=
m
> renting a Fox E. H. From my university, but it would be most advantageous=
to
> have my own instrument.
> Maybe a few years from now...
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> ~Claire=20
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> On 11/15/09 3:37 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 la=
st 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 a=
re
>> all
>> very stable and well tuned. Three decades or so my first instrument in t=
he
>> Brazilian symphony orch. was a Marigaux but I returned to Loree and cont=
inue
>> 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 re=
ason
>> or
>> other.I often wonder why it hasn't caught on in the US? Most likely beca=
use
>> the
>> oboehotshots starting with Tabateau never played them.
>> Open minds and ears.
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>> Rgds,
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>> harold emert
>> Rio-Brazil
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