Klarinet Archive - Posting 000527.txt from 1997/02

From: Adam Michlin <amichlin@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: single reed oboe?
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 12:18:47 -0500

At 11:22 PM 2/14/97 LCL, Frauke wrote:
>On Fri 14 Feb 97 (14:45:49), burchard@-----.com wrote:
>> Enquiring minds want to know. OK, as long as someone else started
>> this thread, I'll ask if anyone ever heard of an oboe with clarinet-
>> type keywork...therefore with clarinet fingering.
>
>I don't think that's possible - as far as I know the oboe is an instrument
that
>does octave jumps when overblown, like most wind instruments. The Clarinet
>jumps an octave and a fifth (or forth?) because of the speaker key, and I
don't
>see how an Oboe could be made to do the same...

The oboe is a conical instrument, the clarinet is a cylindrical instrument.
Whether a double reed or a single reed the oboe is still a cylindrical
instrument closed on one end which therefore overblows at the octave (like
the saxophone).

As to why more people dont use these single reed substitutes, I think you'd
have to hear one to truly understand. I've only heard the single reed
mouthpiece played on bassoon, but I promise you it's an experience I'm in
no hurry to repeat.

-Adam
amichlin@-----.edu
amichlin@-----.com