Klarinet Archive - Posting 000117.txt from 2003/12

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] HELP! Oboe Adjustment!
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 20:11:51 -0500

Hello Susan,

I am not sure anyone else on the klarinet list is very interested in this
subject we do sell one book on oboe adjustment and have another on the
way. From looking at the books I can tell you it is a very precise process
that needs to be done step by step. Visit our oboe or repair sections for
information on the books.

Gary
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At 04:26 PM 12/5/03, you wrote:
>Do any of you double on oboe/repair oboes?
>
>After years and years of playing the clarinet, I recently got a used oboe,
>and have been playing at it for the past two weeks. Things have been going
>swimmingly. The instrument seemed to be in good adjustment, and I have
>been really
>pleased with my progress.
>
>Tonight the lower register B nat (LH 1st finger) was sounding a little
>stuffy, so I attempted to adjust the screw between the B and A keys. Now I
>can't get
>the lower part of the low register to sound AT ALL. The upper register is
>fine, and the left-hand part of the lower register is fine, but no sound
>at all
>from the lower tones (which were just dandy).
>
>I'm devastated (she says, sobbing)! I just LOVE this instrument. Can
>anybody, please, tell me -- what did I do? and how can I fix it? It must
>be something
>really simple, but I can't figure it out.
>
>Susan Kundert
>Coshocton, OH

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