Klarinet Archive - Posting 000113.txt from 1994/10

From: "Steven A. Haaser" <HAASER@-----.EDU>
Subj: Extremes in instrument replacement
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 16:47:41 -0400

I know we have heard quite a bit on woodwinds "blowing out", but I couldn't
resist passing this doublereed list posting on to Klarinet. This is by far
the most extreme example I've ever heard of. I just hope to high heaven my
wife (an oboist) never contracts this disease. My close ties to oboists
restrains me from making humorous or snide remarks about people with sharp
reed knives. :-)

Steve
<<<<<<<<<<<<< Forwarded from doublereed-l mailing list >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>From: barry@-----.com (Barry Traylor)
>
>On a *completely* unrelated subject, I studied oboe with Bill Criss for a
>few years. He did not believe in oiling the bore at all. He bought 2
>Lorees every six months, expecting at least one of them to crack. He took
>2 to 3 months to "break" them in before use. He felt that an oboe was only
>good for *at most* 2 years, with most deteriorating to the point of needing
>replacement in less than a year. He was a studio musician in LA, and the
>quality of his sound determined how well he prospered in "the biz". My own
>experience bore out (pardon the pun) what he said. He frequently let me
>try out new instruments. One instrument he got in, which he hated, as an
>all plastic Loree. If I could have scared up the resources to buy it from
>him (he was willing to take my current instrument in trade plus cash) I
>would have. It had an amazingly even scale. That drove Bill nuts. To
>quote (approximately), "what fun is in playing an oboe without quirks?"
>
>Barry Traylor
>Paoli, Pa.