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Author: derf5585
Date: 2015-08-10 19:04
Why does the oboe have so many mechanical options while the clarinet does not?
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Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2015-08-10 19:17
Not quite sure exactly what you mean - but assuming it is what I think then I would suggest that it is because the oboe has quite a lot fewer toneholes than the clarinet and so needs more complex arrangement of mechanism to link these for the required result.
As result it also has a much simpler fingering pattern than the clarinet.
Note that a student oboe has far fewer options but is still capable of playing the entire range.
A full professional oboe provides the options to allow an experienced player to more easiliy negotiate complex technical passages.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-08-10 19:57
Oboes and clarinets have around the same amount of toneholes (24 for a clarinet and from 22 to 25 for an oboe), but the clarinet mechanism is far simpler and many of the toneholes are duplicated on clarinets whereas oboes mainly have one tonehole per note and have the mechanism designed to allow semitone and whole tone trills on nearly every note.
The only keywork option you're most likely to find on clarinets nowadays is the LH Ab/Eb lever, but the big name makers used to offer that as well as the LH forked Eb/Bb mechanism (so Eb/Bb can be played as xox|ooo), articulated C#/G# (so the trill can be done by holding down the C#/G# key and trilling with RH2) and also low Eb - either as options on their own along with the standard keywork, or a full Boehm clarinet with 20 keys and 7 rings having all those extras on the one instrument.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: heavsmkvi67nyc
Date: 2015-08-11 04:46
Can anyone out there offer some info on my inquiry? I've read quite a few posts on the Buffet Academy Model clarinets being rejected R-13's and all and a few who own them claim they have poly cylindrical bores. I have one and the bore is a straight .574" from the barrel through the top joint and into the bottom joint. Can any one shed any light on this subject? Thanks!
814-575-5120
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Author: Steven Ocone
Date: 2015-08-12 03:55
Everytime an oboe player put on a new key, every other oboe player wanted it too. Clarinet players sniff with suspicion at new keys.
Steve Ocone
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Author: 2cekce ★2017
Date: 2015-08-12 04:15
keep in mind that oboes are octave instruments with conical bores and clarinets are not octave with cylindrical bores.
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Author: Ed Lowry
Date: 2015-08-12 04:44
Do a search on on this bulletin board on Buffet Academy models and you'll find a lot of information. "Vitas" seems to be the expert on this question. The consensus seems to be that there were many R-13s that were labeled "Academy" because of cosmetic problems which did not affect the underlying quality of the instrument.
There were also, according to the posts, a series of Academy clarinets which do not fit this description, and had serious flaws. The serial number range is listed in the posts. As I recall, it's in the 48000 range.
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